Controversial ousted SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng has called himself the most powerful person in South Africa, adding that the SABC had been transformed under his direction.<\/p>\n
This while the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in KwaZulu-Natal is pushing for him to be given a ministerial position.<\/p>\n
“What we have done \u2013 it has never happened in the history of the SABC \u2013 where we closed our eyes and empower black people unapologetically,” Motsoeneng told a crowd of approximately 80 people at an ANCYL event in the Durban city centre on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng said his name was on people’s tongues because he touched a nerve for some.<\/p>\n
“If you go to SABC, you will realise that 90% contribution and solution is Hlaudi. That is the reason all these people [are] making noise, they know in those meetings I defeat them,” Motsoeneng said to loud applause.<\/p>\n
The Western Cape High Court ruled on December 12 that Motsoeneng may not hold any position within the SABC.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng, however, told the audience that he still considers himself an SABC employee.<\/p>\n
“I am still an SABC employee. I don’t have a title, but I am [an] employee of the SABC. I don’t need a title to change the lives of people, I need myself,” Motsoeneng said.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng for minister<\/strong><\/p>\n The former SABC COO also expressed frustration with board members coming out against him.<\/p>\n “All of them used their vote to say that they agree with Hlaudi, today they are turning back to say, ‘Joh, it was Hlaudi who took that decision’. Which means I am the most powerful person in South Africa.”<\/p>\n “If those decisions [have] assisted SABC to [empower] black people, I am very proud,” Motsoeneng said.<\/p>\n Speaking to News24 on Wednesday, ANCYL KwaZulu-Natal regional secretary Thinta Cibane said the league would place pressure on government for Motsoeneng be appointed as a minister.<\/p>\n “He [Motsoeneng] will bring transformation to departments,” Cibane said.<\/p>\n According to Cibane, the ANCYL in KwaZulu-Natal is concerned about ANC members being part of the SABC parliamentary inquiry.<\/p>\n “It is ridiculous that these so-called ANC members agree publicly and privately with the DA and EFF,” Cibane said.<\/p>\n “This [the parliamentary inquiry] is nothing more than antics leading up to the elective conference of 2017.”<\/p>\n