Phumele Ntombela-Nzimande's axing has been interpreted by some within the tripartite alliance as a political decision.
According to sources close to South African Communist Party boss Blade Nzimande and the SABC board, Nzimande would be particularly angered that one of the people who was allegedly pushing hard for his wife's axing is his leftist comrade, Cedric Gina, who is a board member and the president of Cosatu's metalworkers' union. Relations between Numsa and the SACP have been at a low point since Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi publicly expressed the federation's unhappiness about Nzimande's dual roles as minister and SACP general secretary. Numsa leaders, including Gina and general secretary Irvin Jim, are close allies of Vavi. "Cedric is one of the board members who pushed hard for her to go. All of us were pushing," said a source within the SABC board. Some within the alliance have complained that Blade Nzimande has been getting a lot of coverage, second only to that of President Jacob Zuma, by the SABC since he was appointed a Cabinet minister in 2009. They claimed the reason he was given preferential coverage was because of his wife's influence at the SABC. SACP spokesperson Malesela Maleka said Nzimande was not aware of internal board discussions at the SABC. "The president of NUMSA as a board member is expected to participate in the board in the best interest of the public broadcaster not as some poodle of the General Secretary. Approached for comment this week, Gina said he had not heard anything from Blade Nzimande. Asked if he was part of the people who pushed for Ntombele-Nzimande's axing he said: "I can't, comment on the decisions of the board". http://www.investec.com/en_group/#home/legal/email_disclaimer.html The disclaimer also provides our corporate information and names of our directors as required by law. The disclaimer is deemed to form part of this message in terms of Section 11 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002. If you cannot access the disclaimer, please obtain a copy thereof from us by sending an email to: [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
