Calls heighten for SABC board to quit

CALLS for the resignation of the entire South African Broadcasting Corporation board to resign, which the country’s communications workers has campaigned for have heightened.

The South African Communist Party said it noted that the nine remaining members of the SABC Board are resisting efforts by South Africa’s public representatives to allow them a dignified exit rather than facing dismissal.

It said they should resign or face legal or unspecified action.

“Already it is questionable whether individuals who have contributed so directly to the destruction of a national asset are fit and proper persons to serve on any structure which has public interest as its core principle, or to work directly or indirectly in the public sector sphere. We therefore urge the nine remaining board members to resign now, before they further embarrass themselves and their country,” said Malesela Maleka, SACP spokesperson.

“In their own interests, in the interests of the SABC and of all South Africans, they should resign immediately and clear the way for appointment of a board untainted by political interference and operational incompetence. If they do not go voluntarily, our government and our parliament will have no choice but to use the legislative process to remove them.”

Communication workers in south Africa, under the banner, Communication Workers Union of South Africa, have in recent months called on the resignation of the entire SABC board accusing it of bias.

Goodman Majola