'Delayed SABC board appointments are beyond my control.' President Ramaphosa says he can't appoint SABC board from what seems like unlawful actions by Parliament. ⤵️
board candidates, telling the Constitutional Court that he could not make appointments on the basis of an “unlawful decision” emanating from Parliament’s 15-candidate list sent to him last year.launched by interest groups Media Monitoring SA and the SOS Coalition.The public broadcaster has been without a board of directors for five months.
“I fully intend to make the appointments as soon as I am provided with a lawful decision by the National Assembly advising me of its decision as to who should be appointed to the board. The delay in the appointment process has been for reasons beyond my control.
This came after Parliament conceded in a letter to him that the Broadcasting Act doesn’t make provision for a reserve pool, further asking him to disregard the three names and appoint from the 12 candidates’ list.Johannesburg attorney Lawrence Magagula said it seemed Parliament might have jumped the gun by adding more candidates.
Included in the papers before the apex court is a letter that showed possible interference in Ramaphosa’s decision-making byIn the letter accompanying Ramaphosa’s submissions, Mapisa-Nqakula and portfolio committee chairperson Boyce Maneli allege that the new Minister in the Presidency Ntshavheni had problems with the inclusion of Magopeni in the 12-candidate list.
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