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Earlier Tuesday, the SABC news channel saw a break in the broadcast with presenters declining to air as the corporation faces cuts. They asked the management to resign.
FILE: SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Image: supplied
JOHANNESBURG – South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) newsgroup executive Phathiswa Magopeni agreed Tuesday to stop issuing Section 189 letters after being confronted by angry staff.
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“As an accountable person and as a person who expects you to do your job according to public mandate, I will go to negotiate it later, but at this point for the public service work to continue, I will speak to human resources. [and] Whoever is older, but from a responsibility to the editorial staff, I cannot continue with these letters, ”Magopeni said.
Previously, SABC’s news channel saw a broadcast disruption and anchors declined to air as the corporation faces cuts. They asked the management to resign.
ONLY IN: #SABC Things have taken a sharp turn at the public broadcaster. On Tuesday afternoon, SABC workers, who will cut 400 effective employees, took over the live broadcast, stating that employees are refusing to work until they get answers on process 189.
EWN reporter (@ EWN reporter) November 17, 2020
The SABC revealed that 400 people were receiving Section 189 notifications, with about 170 positions to fill.
Journalist Chriselda Lewis was among the angry newsroom staff. He spoke with the executive of the news and current affairs group Phathiswa Magopeni, and the staff meeting was broadcast on SABC TV.
“We have great admiration in the journalism industry in this country, let these people do this to you. We can’t sleep [and] It’s heading into Christmas… this is not right, ”Lewis said.
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COO Ian Plaatjes addressed staff members by pointing out the unions.
“The unions have not yet managed to produce an alternative or a criterion for us to use. It was a delaying tactic that they used to simply prolong the process. And I said it to them, and I’ll say it again: they failed their members by doing that. ”
But the staff was not happy.
One staff member said: “When they raised money for us and took it away, we worked. How many more sacrifices must we make for the SABC? ”
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