{"id":163689,"date":"2017-03-12T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T06:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=163689"},"modified":"2017-03-12T08:33:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T06:33:10","slug":"sabcs-hlaudi-motseoneng-next-in-line-to-be-made-minister-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/163689\/sabcs-hlaudi-motseoneng-next-in-line-to-be-made-minister-report\/","title":{"rendered":"SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng next in line to be made minister: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Free State’s ANC Youth League has officially backed\u00a0former SABC COO, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, to take up a ministerial position, according to a report by the Sunday Times<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Provincial chairman, Makalo Mohale confirmed to the newspaper that Motsoeneng’s skills were too valuable to be wasted, which was why the league had formally nominated him to fill a vacant post in parliament.<\/p>\n

“If he can’t go back to the SABC, then he must go to government,”\u00a0said Mohle.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Motsoeneng will be replacing Gugile Nkwinti as minister of rural development and land reform due to his radical stance on land reform.<\/p>\n

Motsoeneng would not confirm where he would be heading next but did acknowledge it was not only the\u00a0Free State’s ANC Youth League who had pushed for him to accept a senior governmental position.<\/p>\n

“My support is not just locally, my support is even in the continent. Why? People in the continent talk about me a lot. They write about me. My support is not only from those who pronounce [ANC structures], there are many people. Even the kings and traditional leaders … including some churches.”<\/p>\n

Motsoeneng currently still holds the position of\u00a0group executive for corporate affairs at the SABC, despite a December High Court ruling stating that he would not be allowed to hold any position at the embattled state broadcaster.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0Committee report confirms Hlaudi won\u2019t face the music for SABC decline<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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