Public broadcaster the SABC has fired 123 employees following its investigation into allegations of medical aid fraud.<\/p>\n
Last year, the SABC said about 200 of its staff had allegedly \u201ccolluded\u201d with medical practitioners to defraud the broadcaster\u2019s medical aid scheme which is run by Medscheme.<\/p>\n
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told Fin24 that the broadcaster launched an investigation into the approximately 200 staff.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster then charged 134 staff and after a disciplinary process, the SABC found that 11 staff were found not guilty of the charges.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, 123 staff have been dismissed with immediate effect, Kganyago said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, this is the end of the investigation because we went through the investigation and the discplinary process, therefore anything that comes up will be a new matter,\u201d Kganyago told Fin24 by phone.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, SABC Chief Operations Officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng said in a statement that \u201cthe SABC remains committed to rooting out corruption and fraud and we take such cases seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n
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