The chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Ellen Tshabalala, lied to Parliament about her qualifications, City Press reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Tshabalala claimed to have a commerce degree and a postgraduate diploma on her CV, according to the report, and President Jacob Zuma appointed her as chair of the public broadcaster during October 2013.<\/p>\n
However, the response to a successful Promotion of Access to Information Act application sent to the University of South Africa (Unisa) revealed that Tshabalala has neither qualification.<\/p>\n
This report comes after the controversial appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng to the position of chief operations officer at the SABC after he lied about his qualifications.<\/p>\n
In a report published in February 2014, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found that Motsoeneng\u2019s appointment and salary progression were irregular.<\/p>\n
She also concluded that Motsoeneng irregularly and rapidly increased the salaries of various staff members, resulting in the state broadcaster footing a salary bill escalation of R29 million.<\/p>\n
Madonsela recommended that the SABC board institute corrective action against the \u201cdishonest\u201d Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n
City Press reported that it asked the Presidency and the SABC for comment.<\/p>\n
The Presidency reportedly said the matter should be taken up with Tshabalala and that a university degree was not a pre-requisite for the appointment.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the SABC initially declined to comment, saying the President appointed Tshabalala.<\/p>\n
According to the City Press, the SABC spokesperson later said he had forwarded the questions to Tshabalala who said she would deal with them personally.<\/p>\n
However, she did not respond to further questions on Friday, 11 July 2014, City Press said.<\/p>\n
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