ANC MPs say the communications committee should also consider the King IV report on good governance when making board recommendations
Phathiswa Magopeni was recommended to President Cyril Ramaphosa for a seat on the SABC board. File picture: MOELETSI MABE.
In a meeting held on Tuesday night, ANC MPs called for the communications portfolio committee, which interviewed and selected candidates for the new board, to reconsider the names it recommended for appointment. They questioned the committee’s sole reliance on the Broadcasting Act in making its recommendations, saying it wasn’t sufficient and it should have also considered the King IV report on good governance.
In consultation with parliament’s legal office, the committee decided to can the reserve pool and only submit 12 names, as required by law.ANC MP Lesiba Molala insisted the committee should reconsider the 12 names in light of Ntshavheni’s letter to Mapisa-Nqakula on January 25, seven weeks after parliament adopted the candidates for the SABC board, questioning Magopeni’s suitability for the board and citing the King IV report.
Ntshavheni wrote: “We would like to find out whether consideration of other good governance prescripts like the King report on Corporate Governance was taken into account to determine her suitability for appointment?” The SABC axed Magopeni in January 2022, citing a breakdown of trust. An internal hearing found her guilty of misconduct for failing to prevent the broadcast of an interdicted episode of the investigative news programme Her sacking was controversial and came amid suggestions it was politically motivated. The SABC later reached a settlement with her, but the details have not been disclosed.
“This is the legal aspect. There might be politics within this issue, but that is the legal points I am making.”
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