"M-Net does not tolerate racism."
So says the pay-TV broadcaster in the wake of a shockingly racist and "abhorrent advertisement" for a "specifically White, English" commissioning editor that a recruitment agency placed on behalf of M-Net and that saw the contracted out Ambit Recruitment that subcontracted its work to Kandhi Consulting both immediately getting the axe.
M-Net says its still in the dark as to why Kandhi Consulting changed the advert that damaged M-Net's reputation, after a TV executive job listing surfaced that was "specifically looking for a White, English speaking commissioning editor".
M-Net called the racist advertisement that appeared "abhorrent" and moved swiftly to distance itself from the ad's language that it said was done without M-Net approval.
The Randburg pay-TV broadcaster tells TVwithThinus "we don't know why the sub-contracted agency changed the advert. We sent them a legal letter and we are still awaiting their response".
After the racism scandal the fired recruitment agency has taken full responsibility for their part in the shocking mistake.
"They also apologised unreservedly," says M-Net. "We would like to re-iterate that M-Net does not tolerate racism and we take incidents such as these very seriously. We would never be associated with any advertisement which only invites white applicants, as this is contrary to our recruitment policy, our values and the Constitution."
M-Net was asked what the company is doing differently and changing because of the ugly racist job recruitment ad.
"Our talent acquisition team in our human resources function are reviewing and tightening up our engagement process with recruitment agencies to ensure that incidents like this don’t happen again," says M-Net.
"The talent acquisition team is responsible to drive the recruitment process for M-Net and always ensures that the company gets the best talent from all walks of life. They only use external recruitment consultants as a supplementary service, and this process will be tightened further".
M-Net says the racist job advertisement has been removed from all platforms by the relevant suppliers.
