Patricia Makhesha has resigned according to the department of communications which will once again mean a search for yet another SABC board member to fill the new vacancy at the troubled public broadcaster.
The image of the SABC board was severely dented all through 2012 with high-profile in-fighting between members of the SABC - a situation still unresolved by the end of 2012 - with accusations of corruption and mismanagement which was made in public.
It's not yet known why Patricia Makhesha handed in her resignation in December but parliament will now have to find yet another replacement in her place. She was supposed to remain an SABC board member until 2015 but Patricia Makhesha quit with two years to go.
Parliament's portfolio committee on communications spent the past three years constantly looking for, interviewing and suggesting new SABC board members to parliament and the president in an attempt to replace members following an ongoing spate of resignations from the SABC board.
