Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed Hlaudi Motsoeneng's leave to appeal 'SABC8' labour court case with costs; now Solidarity wants a warrant to have former SABC wrecking ball exec's assets seized.

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed, with punitive costs, the famously matricless Hlaudi Motsoeneng's leave to appeal with the infamous former SABC wrecking ball that is now responsible in his personal capacity for having to pay all of the legal costs involved with the labour court case regarding the so-called "SABC8" journalists he wrongly fired and who the court ordered re-instated.

Solidarity brought the application in the labour court and in 2017 the court found that Hlaudi Motsoeneng should be held liable in his personal capacity for the legal costs associated with the court case.

"This is vindication that the SABC8 had been fired unlawfully and that Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s actions were unlawful and wrongful," says Solidarity in a statement.

According to Solidarity chief executive, dr Dirk Hermann, Solidarity would now proceed to serve and implement the warrant of execution granted to Solidarity with a view to have Hlaudi Motsoeneng's assets seized.

"In view of the fact that our demand for costs has been vindicated we would now also be in a position to demand recovery for more costs," says Dirk Hermann.

"What Hlaudi Motsoeneng has to realise now is that he cannot wear us out by carrying on with litigation but that, in the end, he will have to own up for the damage caused to so many. In his efforts to evade justice he has painted himself into a corner but has now exhausted all means at his disposal," says Dirk Hermann.

Calls for urgent parliamentary meeting next week after SABC staffers threaten strike; DA political party says staffers 'within their rights to take action to prevent SABC sliding backwards'.

There's calls for an urgent parliamentary meeting to be held in the coming week after angry and fed-up SABC staffers are saying they're planning to strike.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) political party has called for an urgent meeting to be held in parliament in the coming week following threatened strike action by SABC trade unions who say they've had enough of "threats and fear" at the beleaguered and cash-strapped South Africa public broadcaster plagued by mismanagement.

SABC staffers on the verge of revolt, want acting SABC news boss Kenneth Makatees a so-called "enforcer of the SABC's Protest Policy" gone.

SABC staffers are also demanding the immediate suspension and removal of several alleged executives who are so-called "Hlaudi enforcers" like Nothando Maseko and are demanding an investigation into the appointment of Bessie Tugwana as acting COO.

The DA political party's member of parliament, Phumzile van Damme, says the DA "fully supports the right of SABC staff to engage in legal strike action" - something that trade unions Bemawu and the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) has told SABC top management could lead to a SABC blackout.

The DA says several of the demands in the joint letter of demand on Friday that Bemawu and the CWU sent to the SABC's top executives are reasonable, particularly "the immediate appointment of the SABC board as recommended by parliament, disciplinary action against the former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng and so-called enforcers", and a "full investigation" of the SABC's since overturned SABC TV News censorship policy.

"The brilliant work initiated by the SABC interim board to steer the SABC to calm waters has been stalled, and the public broadcaster has begun sliding backwards," says Phumzile van Damme.

"The SABC has many talented, qualified staff who care deeply about ensuring that the public broadcaster delivers on its mandate to South Africa."

"They are therefore well within their rights to take action to prevent the SABC sliding backwards and once again becoming a cesspool of corruption, mismanagement and poor programming."

The Democratic Alliance political party wants parliament's portfolio comittee on communications to hold a meeting in the coming week to allow the trade unions Bemawu and CWU, as well as the so-called 'SABC8" journalists who protested the SABC's news censorship policy, to "tell their side of the story".

"Many of the concerns raised by the SABC staff could have been prevented did the SABC have a board in place".

Hlaudi Motsoeneng a no-show in court as the SABC dumps Hlaudi and Simon Tebele by refusing to further pay for their legal fees in SABC8 case.

The controversial former SABC chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng was a no-show in South Africa's Labour Court on Tuesday that left the South African public broadcaster's beleaguered former head of news Simon Tebele all on his own to explain to the judge that the SABC has refused to pay for his lawyers.

In the case, the trade union representing the so-called "SABC8" journalists who were fired and then court ordered to be reinstated, is arguing that Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Simon Tebele should be personally held liable for the court costs.

While Simon Tebele says it was he who is responsible for firing the 8 SABC journalists, Solidarity argues that it was done on Hlaudi Motsoeneng's orders.

Simon Tebele found out on Monday that the SABC will no longer be responsible for his legal representation.

Sandile July of Werksmans Attorneys on behalf of the SABC told the court that he also found out on Monday after the SABC's formal legal team from attorneys from Ningiza Horner who were representing the SABC two abruptly withdrew from the case on Friday.

No reasons were given for why Hlaudi Motsoeneng didn't appear in the Labour Court.

Simon Tebele asked for another postponement citing his "poor health".

Simon Tebele told the Labour Court that he "was in hospital from May to July and I went through a 7 hour operation. Even now I am still recuperating from heavy pain".

The SABC dumped Vuyo Mvoko who was a freelancer and who is now the co-anchor on eNCA's (DStv 403) prime time news, and fired Suna Venter who passed away recently from a broken heart, Foeta Krige, Krivani Pillay, Jacques Steenkamp, Thandeka Gqubule, Lukhanyo Calata and Busi Ntuli .

They were fired after they spoke out about the SABC's draconian news censorship practices abruptly instituted by the belligerent Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Solidarity's Anton van der Bijl said Hlaudi Motsoeneng is delaying the case and that the "SABC respondents continue to change their legal representation at the last minute, it's a delaying tactic."

"We still argue that Hlaudi Motsoeneng made the decision to dismiss the journalists and that is why we are still holding him personally accountable for the costs incurred."

Judge David Gush postponed the case to 6 September and ruled that Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Simon Tebele must be present on 6 September and that the case will proceed in their absence if they fail to appear on court next month.