Concerns over interim SABC board
2013-03-20 11:34
Johannesburg - The SABC must be free from political interference,
the Media Workers' Association of SA (Mwasa) said on Wednesday.
"Mwasa calls on the presidency not to endorse the
process followed in imposing the interim board and to indeed insist on an
inclusive, consultative engagement above expediency," it said.
"If the workers do not generally trust the process, we
may not find resonance with the outcome," said Tuwani Gumani, Mwasa
general secretary.
The SABC board was officially dissolved on Tuesday after a
meeting of Parliament's communications portfolio committee.
An interim board was to take over the reins in the meantime
and was approved by the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Mwasa said the decision to "ram through" the
nomination and recommendation of interim board candidates without thorough
scrutiny was negligent and amounted to dereliction.
"Mwasa is utterly disheartened and disappointed
following the rushed hatchet job of imposing an interim board at the
SABC," he said.
- SAPA
