Ex SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle reported as missing person

21 June 2016 - 21:47 By TMG Digital

A search is on for former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle‚ who has been reported missing by his family after he was last seen in Umhlanga on Friday night. According to a poster being circulated on Twitter‚ he was last seen by his wife walking out of his home in his pyjamas to the gate‚ to meet someone‚ but never returned.SABC’s ‘purges for political reasons’ cost R7 million a yearThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has paid out an average of R7-million per year in golden handshakes “to executives whose contracts are terminated prematurely” over the last six years. EWN quoted his wife Zola Mthuli as saying she had tried to search for him on the beach‚ to no avail."Please help if you have any positive information that may help lead to finding Solly Mokoetle. Thank you!‚" Napo Mokoetle @napomokoetle said.Please help if you have any positive information that may help lead to finding Solly Mokoetle. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/IIUeTCPZrg— napo mokoetle (@napomokoetle) June 21, 2016SollySolly Mokoetle parted ways with the SABC in 2011...

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