'SABC board must go'
2008-06-14 07:22
Johannesburg - Calls for the resignation of the SABC's board were reiterated on Friday as it suspended its group chief executive officer Dali Mpofu - again.
"The SABC board must step down," the corporation's senior management forum said at the national broadcaster's offices in Auckland Park.
"On Tuesday we will demand a meeting with President Thabo Mbeki as we want him to address this matter. We feel helpless and the SABC is going down," said SMF member Sipho Sithole, who is the SABC's head of group management and strategy.
Earlier this month, the Johannesburg High Court upheld a ruling finding that Mpofu's suspension was unlawful and that he be reinstated. However, the board suspended him again on Friday.
"The board suspended Mpofu on the same terms as last time. Enough is enough. This has nothing to do with Mpofu but to do with a board that has no moral obligation to lead," said Sithole.
- SAPA