It's finally completely over for Super 5 Media (formerly Telkom Media) who got a licence from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to start a pay TV service in South Africa but has now completely imploded with all remaining staff who now got fired and the Centurion building's internet and telephone lines that got cut off.
Last week I told you RIGHT HERE about Super 5 Media's ''complete state of collapse'' and the harrowing things the few remaining employees and ex-employees were telling me. Now Super 5 Media has fired all the remaining employees. Where is Super 5 Media shareholder and director Tian du Pisanie? ''Tian du Pisanie has disappeared,'' a Super 5 Media source told me. Although Mandla Ngobo who was the Super 5 Media CEO is no longer with the company and left in March he has, as I've been told, ''tasked to deal with the retrenchments''. Mandla Ngobo has not yet returned my call which went straight to voicemail.
Super 5 Media insiders I spoke to said they're scared that they're not going to get paid. Most are highly upset. ''Everything is coming undone. It looks as if its all over,'' said one. ''Very bad. Very bad how they're handling all of this. Everything's a massive mess. Super 5 Media's done. Nothing works anymore. No phones, no internet, nothing,'' said another who just got a basic typed out retrenchment letter without even a signature.
