But the last clean MDDA audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office.
The Media Diversity and Development Agency is responsible for developing media projects in South Africa.
A new CEO, Shoeshoe Qhu, took the reins in January. Qhu is a journalist, academic, and former executive at Primedia Broadcasting. Qhu toldin an interview that she applied for the position at the MDDA because she has a deep passion for the community media sector. Conflict between the former CEO Zuki Potye, and MDDA board chairperson Prof Hlengani Mathebula has cast a shadow over the MDDA’s operations. Potye was suspended in April 2021 and accused Mathebula ofto President Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2023, calling for Mathebula’s suspension. Mathebula had taken up the position at the MDDA after being suspended and later resigning from SARS after being implicated by the.
Qhu says that coming into the MDDA, she was aware of its challenges and says she has accepted the task of “rebuilding the relationships” with private-sector partners and “building trust in the brand”.
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