BREAKING. CRISIS AT THE SABC! Embattled public broadcaster once again mired in executive management turmoil and high-level suspensions.

Crisis has once again engulfed the embattled South African public broadcaster with the group chief financial officer (CFO) Gugu Duda who will receive a letter today asking her to give reasons as to why she shouldn't be suspended; while the SABC has already suspended its acting head of procurement Nompilo Dlamini. 

Meanwhile the chairperson of the SABC board dr Ben Ngubane admitted to parliament that the SABC board has "degenerated into serious dysfunctionality" as the SABC tries to get rid of a SABC board member besides the two senior SABC management executives.

The SABC board wants board member Cawekazi Mahlati suspended after a vote of no confidence as the SABC has to prepare for multiple public mass demonstrations - first the Inkatha Freedom Party which is planning a protest march against the SABC this Friday, and then the trade union Mwasa which plans public picketing at the SABC's Auckland Park headquarters this coming Wednesday.

The SABC board told parliament on Tuesday that Gugu Duda was allegedly responsible for financial irregularities. That comes as parliament's portfolio committee for communications yesterday blasted the South African public broadcaster for what it called the SABC's "half-cooked" skills audit and heaped scorn on the SABC's apparent tardiness to implement the multiple findings of the auditor-general's recommendations which found widespread corruption at the beleaguered corporation in 2009.

The SABC also revealed that Nompilo Dlamini, the acting head of procurement was suspended last week. The SABC's CEO, Lulama Mokhobo told parliament that Gugu Duda is to receive a letter today in which she has to give reasons as to why she should not be suspended immediately.

The SABC board has been ordered back to parliament this coming Tuesday, 18 September, to face a further grilling on the ongoing instability at the public broadcaster. The SABC has not responded to media enquiries made on Wednesday morning.


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