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Original Post Date: 2008-04-20 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
The SA Communist Party (SACP) is worried about a “looming battle” between the SABC board and management.
“We are deeply concerned that this will divert the tasks of the SABC to focus on building itself as a credible public broadcaster,” SACP spokesperson Malesela Maleka said on Tuesday.
It has been reported that the SABC board plans to axe its chief executive officer, Dali Mpofu, for dereliction of duty.
He reportedly clashed with board chairperson Khanyisile Mkhonza over his management of the public broadcaster.
| ‘it’s clear the daggers are out’ |
Mkhonza apparently told board members the SABC was in danger of an operational, financial and governance crisis and that if Mpofu didn’t go, she would.
“Despite attempts by the chairperson of the board to downplay this battle, it’s clear the daggers are out,” the SACP said.
The party also voiced concern over the apparent leaking to the media of an internal memorandum to board members.
“All this is but one consequence of appointing a board that does not enjoy the full confidence of our people,” it said.
Cosatu too criticised the new board as unrepresentative of South African society following the announcement of its 12 members in December.
| ‘a platform for battling and settling political scores’ |
“Cosatu is concerned that the new board will not tackle the serious problem of the public broadcaster being used to promote government policies and stifle the views of those with different views, rather than (as) a vehicle for the whole spectrum of opinions,” spokesperson Patrick Craven said at the time.
Christine Qunta is deputy chairperson of the board. The other members are Independent Electoral Commission chief executive Pansy Tlakula, businesswoman Gloria Serobe, former presidential spokesperson Bheki Khumalo, businessman Peter Vundla, Ashwin Trikamjee, Alison Gilwald, Andile Mbeki, Fadila Lagadien, Nadia Bulbulia and Desmond Golding.
The SACP claimed the internal battle followed attempts by the SABC to conduct “secret surveillance” of SABC leaders and accused news heads of “ongoing and systematic bias” against particular leaders.
Maleka said: “These manoeuvres seem to be firmly rooted in an agenda not unrelated to that of senior government and some past ANC leaders who imposed the new SABC board on the ANC study group in parliament.
“The calculated and deliberate exclusion of working-class representatives from the new board was precisely aimed at re-orienting the SABC towards elitist interests and position it as a support base for particular leaders in government and in our movement.”
The SACP said the public broadcaster couldn’t and shouldn’t be “a platform for battling and settling political scores”. Equally, the board wasn’t a team of political friends, but one charged with overseeing the work of the SABC.
“We remain deeply worried, for instance, on the latest move for an appointment of one of the board members to serve as a spokesperson of a government department,” Maleka said, referring to Khumalo’s appointment as spokesperson for the Department of Minerals and Energy.
“Undoubtedly, there is a big conflict of interest here.”
The SACP urged the board to embark on an open, transparent public engagement and not secretive manoeuvres on any significant repositioning of the SABC.
“We have consistently called for an SABC that prioritises, in its news and programming, the interests of the overwhelming majority of our people, most of whom rely on the SABC for news and information. Any palace-type manoeuvres will set the SABC on a permanent collision course with the working class.” –
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20080416054531820C331302