Vadi: No Rights for ex-SABC Board Members
The four South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board members who quit in frustration will not be allowed to speak at a long-awaited parliamentary meeting on the broadcaster's woes because President Jacob Zuma accepted their resignation with immediate effect. This is according to chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, Ismail Vadi.
Vadi points out that, "We have taken advice from the legal section and our understanding is that those four members are no longer board members of the SABC, so they have no speaking rights in the meeting."
He says Zuma sent a letter to Speaker, Max Sisulu, asking that Parliament initiates a process to fill the vacancies left by the resignation of board deputy chairperson, Felleng Sekha, David Niddrie, Barbara Masekela and Makgatho Mello.
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Vadi points out that, "We have taken advice from the legal section and our understanding is that those four members are no longer board members of the SABC, so they have no speaking rights in the meeting."
He says Zuma sent a letter to Speaker, Max Sisulu, asking that Parliament initiates a process to fill the vacancies left by the resignation of board deputy chairperson, Felleng Sekha, David Niddrie, Barbara Masekela and Makgatho Mello.
To read the article titled, “No rights for ex-members – SABC,” click here.
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