Hlaudi Motsoeneng has launched "operation clean up" to sniff out SABC-ers who are talking to the media and revealing insider information about the struggling broadcaster which has been battered with an unending and relentless stream of negative press.
A lot of stories in 2012 has been about Hlaudi Motsoeneng himself, or he has inserted himself into, or found himself suddenly strategically centrestage in various quagmires afflicting the SABC during the past year.
Hlaudi Motsoeneng who famously doesn't have matric, is acting in the second highest executive position at the broadcaster and has been garnering more press attention the past year that the current CEO Lulama Mokhobo.
According to insiders Hlaudi Motsoeneng has tasked the SABC's acting news boss Jimi Matthews as well as internal auditors at the SABC to find out what SABC staff members are giving information regarding the SABC to the media and who exactly the various whistleblowers are.
The SABC's spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says the SABC can't and will not comment about specific meetings but can talk about general policy at the broadcaster.
"As part of media policy people are not allowed to talk to the media directly who are not authorised to do so. If anyone who works at the SABC leaks information, it is an offence," Kaizer Kganyago tells me.
"Even the contract of employment of staff specifies this. If anyone leaks internal information, we will come after them. We have to safeguard the information of the corporation."
''We condemn the fact that people think they can spy and leak information. These are internal emails which are leaked. If we find who has done this, and it doesn't matter the issue, we will deal with that person," says Kaizer Kganyago.
