LOL Khaye!!!.......You are short of saying AMEN!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:16 PM, khaye nkwanyana <[email protected]>wrote: > What a statement from MKMVA. Lord have mercy! > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > ------------------------------ > *From: * Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:36:37 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Fwd: [COSATU Media Forum] [MKMVA PRESS > RELEASE] IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMNT OF SOLLY MOKOETLE AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE > SABC BOARD > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mangaliso Khonza <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:27 PM > Subject: [COSATU Media Forum] [MKMVA PRESS RELEASE] IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMNT > OF SOLLY MOKOETLE AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SABC BOARD > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], 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[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], NaNa > Mdeuka <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > kebbymaphatsoe <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], radionews sabc < > [email protected]>, news <[email protected]>, pmotale < > [email protected]>, politics <[email protected]>, wotshelan < > [email protected]>, "dominic.tweedie" <[email protected]>, > vivian <[email protected]>, "belinda.moses" <[email protected]>, > bbk <[email protected]>, brucep <[email protected]>, tvnews sabc < > [email protected]>, radiobbr <[email protected]>, Mandla Khumalo < > [email protected]>, "lucky.biyase" <[email protected]> > > > MKMVA PRESS STATEMENT > IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMNT OF SOLLY MOKOETLE AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BOARD > > We have noted with grave concern, the current developments at SABC, > part of which have resulted in the suspension of the Group Chief > Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Public Broadcaster, Comrade Solly > Mokoetle on Friday, 27 August 2010. > > In January we had a press conference when we were committing our > unwavering support for the appointment of Comrade Solly Mokoetle as > the SABC GCEO; and it was at the same time that we stated that there > are faceless people in the SABC who are hell-bent on derailing the > public broadcaster from playing its role of informing and entertaining > our nation at large. These people are the board members who have never > supported the GCEO’s appointment by the interim board that preceded > the current board. > > Who are these faceless people in the board who are fighting our > comrade and making it impossible for him to deliver on his mandate of > the government to transform the SABC. Today we want to refer to what > they have been doing and expose them for the kind of charlatans they > are. The SABC Board’s primary role is to provide oversight to the > strategic operations of management; however the Board has turned > itself into an Executive management Board. They have become hands on > in the operations of the organisation and we will expose their real > reason of trying to impose their fictional executive role. > > The Board has not been cooperative in the transformation of the SABC. > In a period of 28 weeks since they arrived, they have required the > GCEO to sit in more than 55meetings, which means that in the middle of > driving the delivery of the World Cup, the GCEO would have at least > held meetings twice a week with the Board than his managers and this > raises the question of when does the GCEO get time to deal with > operational matters. > > In the same period, they have bombarded the GCEO with more than 500 > emails that required him to respond by providing a lot of operational > feedback and paying attention to one letter per hour, he would have to > work from 08h00 – 17h00 every day of the week for at least three > months without nothing else except responding to letters. > It is very important that we outline and share the information we have > on the activities of the board members in the SABC of which the > suspension of the GCEO is meant to cover: > • On Cedric Gina (Non-Executive Board member) > 1) He has compelled management to hire a consultant company that > belongs to his personal friend Mr Justice Ndaba as a Human Resources > Specialist of the SABC > 2) He is currently a chairperson of a board subcommittee that refers > to itself as the Turnaround Subcommittee; it meets weekly at a cost of > R5000 per individual every meeting of the subcommittee. This seems to > be an employment creation for the Non-Executive members that have no > means of income > 3) Gina and Niddri insisted on the SABC paying their telephone bills > every month when they are currently non-permanent board members > > > • On Rob Nicholson (Chief Financial Officer and acting GCEO) > 1) The appointee Acting GCEO has been serving for nine months a final > written warning in respect of financial irregularities wherein the > SABC accumulated a deficit of R900 million during his term as the CFO. > This is despicable as the acting GCEO is a man with a character that > is counterrevolutionary tendencies and clearly has no respect for > corporate governance hence the abovementioned unauthorised deficit. > This appointment will reverse the gains of our progressive struggle to > transform South Africa. > 2) He approved a payment to Peter Harris (a board member) who billed > the SABC an amount of R200 000 for work he did as a board member. To > add salt to the wound, he was paid through the staff salary system and > not as a vendor providing a service in order to hide the money > > • On Peter Harris (Non-Executive Board Member) > 1) He insisted to the board that he be in contract negotiations for > the World Cup with Sports Five, a France based company and billed the > board for R200 000. This is a clear case of embezzlement that is rife > in the SABC board. > > • On Piper Greene (Non-Executive Board member) > 1) Sat on the Board panel that interviewed Phil Molefe for the > position of Head of News when she knew that she was conflicted. She > had also applied for the post and had not been considered for the > position as she scored lower than Phil Molefe. > > • On David Niddri (Non-Executive Board member) > 1) David insisted on writing letters for the board and later charged > the SABC R16, 000 per letter he wrote on behalf of the SABC. To date > he has accumulated R48, 000. > 2) He also insisted on the board paying his cellphone account since > joining the SABC board together with Cedric Gina. > > • On Felleng Sekga (Non-Executive Board member) > 1) She had previously applied for the GCEO post and was not considered > and she had further approached the GCEO to employ her relative, Mr > Ziggy Molosi as a consultant for the SABC. > > We are going to lay charges against these board members with the > relevant authorities. We call upon the Special Investigations Unit and > the Hawks to speedily investigate the SABC Board and the SABC in order > that the public broadcasters’ integrity can be restored. > > The current board members have no respect for corporate governance > guidelines and have trashed them with their deeds, and have put the > SABC in a corporate governance crisis. The Deputy Chairperson usurped > power by suspending the group CEO without knowledge of the sitting > Chairperson. We also call upon the Public Protector and the Institute > of Directors to investigate the breach of governance, evidence of > maladministration and determine the extent thereof. > > We further made a submission to Portfolio Committee on Communication > regarding the situation at the SABC and how best to resolve it > amicably. If they do not resign honourably, we recommend that they be > dissolved by parliament for the problems they have created for the > organisation and have made it dysfunctional. We have included the > submission we made to the Portfolio Committee as part of the > documents. We are going to march to Parliament next week. > > We hereby declare that it is proper to reinstate Solly Mokoetle as > GCEO based on the above reasons as there has never been a clear > maladministration and corporate governance problems and Solly Mokoetle > has fallen victim for being on the side that does not support such > vile acts. The investigations must go on whilst the GCEO is back at > the helm of the SABC. > > For more information, please contact the National Chairperson Kebby > Maphatsoe > Kebby Maphatsoe Mangaliso Khonza > National Chairperson Media Officer > 073 723 8333 083 617 5546 > 011 376 1015/1103 > > Issued by MKMVA HQ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "COSATU-forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/COSATU-forum > > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > You are subscribed. 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