SABC acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was ordained as a priest at the weekend, The New Age reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
“Personally, I think it’s important that people can see that I have done well. If you look at my history I am a very caring person,” Motsoeneng was quoted as saying after being awarded a Christian fellowship diploma at the University of the Free State.<\/p>\n
“I care for people and that is what God wants. I have also done well for the SABC. I think that churches should help people when it comes to issues of culture and ubuntu.”<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng said a real education was more important than a tertiary education.<\/p>\n
“We need people who are educated and not certificated.”<\/p>\n
In February, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report which found Motsoeneng’s appointment irregular. Motsoeneng’s salary had also increased from R1.5 million to R2.4m in one year.<\/p>\n
Madonsela found that Motsoeneng had fraudulently misrepresented his qualifications — that he passed matric — to the SABC when he applied for a job.<\/p>\n
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