Beeld has reported that public protector Thuli Madonsela has subpoenaed communications minister Faith Muthambi to appear before her to explain the\u00a0appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as SABC COO.<\/p>\n
According to the report, Muthambi ignored the public protector\u2019s request to meet to discuss the appointment of Motsoeneng.<\/p>\n
Motsoeneng was appointed permanently as the SABC\u2019s chief operations officer in July 2014 despite the public protector\u2019s report which advised against it.<\/p>\n
In February 2014, Madonsela released a report \u201cWhen governance and ethics fail\u201d which found Motsoeneng\u2019s SABC appointment irregular.<\/p>\n
Among other things, his salary increased from R1.5 million to R2.4m in one year.<\/p>\n
She found he had misrepresented his qualifications \u2013 that he passed matric \u2013 to the SABC, and recommended that he be replaced.<\/p>\n
After his\u00a0appointment, Madonsela began a new investigation into the issue, with a planned meeting for 10 July.<\/p>\n
Muthambi\u2019s subpoena to appear before the public protector, Beeld reported, is for 26 August.<\/p>\n
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