@Sophie_Mokoena was implicated in a report with some of her @SABCNews colleagues. That News channel is led by corrupt individuals the so called new management, The auditor-general’s audit report on the SABC implicated the public broadcaster’s new management in a number of....
irregularities, ranging from irregular appointments to misstated financial statements. Key to the auditor-general’s report was its discovery that the SABC news division had appointed a political editor who had placed fourth in the interview phase and was not recommended by...
the Panel. The auditor-general also uncovered that the SABC had appointed a candidate with only a matric certificate as Gauteng sales manager, going against its own set criteria, which required a candidate with a bachelors degree and relevant experience in sales and marketing....
The auditor-general revealed this appointment was also effected without any motivation to justify this deviation from normal recruitment processes, either by the group executive for HR, Jonathan Thekiso or CEO Madoda Mxakwe
These allegations are contained in the auditor-general’s audit report dated March 31 2019, which was shared with the SABC management on September 13. The auditor-general flagged the appointment of former SABC political editor Dumisani Hlophe after uncovering that he was appointed
to the position even after the poor showing in the interviews.
The report shows that the SABC sidelined the candidate who had placed first in the interviews, and had instead recommended that candidates number two and three be appointed, through SABC HR officials presidential correspondent Mzwandile Mbeje was number one,
while South African National Editors Forum chairperson Mahlatse Gallens was number two from the interviews. SABC foreign editor Sophie Mokoena was number three followed by Dumisani Hlophe, who was placed fourth.
Mokoena, Hlophe and Gallens were implicated in the report, and on the political editor’s appointment
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