SABC loses court application to set aside contract with SekelaXabiso that helped with investigations into irregular expenditure at the public broadcaster.

The SABC and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) have lost their court application to set aside a service agreement that was signed in 2016 with the advisory firm SekelaXabiso (SkX) in a contract under which the SABC is supposed to pay SekelaXabiso R6 million.

The City Press newspaper on Sunday reported  that the application was dismissed with costs against the South African public broadcaster.

The SABC signed a contract with SekelaXabiso for advisory work to help with investigations into irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure in December 2016.

By May 2017 the SABC had failed to pay SekelaXabiso for a period of 3 months. The SABC in December 2017 went to court to have the contract set aside, with the Special Investigation Unit joining the SABC after it was asked to help with investigations of corruption inside the SABC.

The South Gauteng High Court dismissed the application.