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Risuna Mayimele, SABC3's marketing manager is gone at the SABC after just over 3 years, where staffers at the public broadcaster's only commercial TV channel told TV with Thinus that they were only told that the marketing executive "has been relieved with immediate effect".
Risuna Mayimele was last seen on South African television last month sipping wine on SABC3's Top Billing at a De Grendel wine estate event in Cape Town - the Tswelopele Productions programme on which she's made numerous appearances over the years.
The SABC and the wider South African TV industry have been abuzz about the executive's departure, with several TV executives, ad executives, and former SABC staffers discussing the news at Discovery Network's Upfront event last week in Johannesburg after word spread about the executive no longer being with SABC3.
Risuna Mayimele joined SABC3 as marketing manager in July 2010. TV critics noted that Risuna Mayimele became the sole drop-in quotable in SABC3's press releases regarding local shows and programming over the last year and a half.
SABC3 has so far not yet responded to media enquiries and specific questions made last week regarding Risuna Mayimele's sudden departure from the channel.
The SABC has so far not yet responded to media enquiries and specific questions made last week regarding the executive's departure.
