Metro police were kept busy on Wednesday separating supporters of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng from South African Communist Party (SACP) members picketing outside the broadcaster’s s offices in Johannesburg. The SACP picket was targeted at the new editorial decisions taken at the SABC‚ and was also in solidarity with journalists who have been suspended for not adhering to the new policies.While SACP second deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila was addressing picketers‚ Motsoeneng’s supporters arrived banging on a drum and carrying placards that read: "You touch Hlaudi you touch SA artists"‚ "SABC is better than before" and "No to SABC capture. Hands off Hlaudi."The situation became heated as the two groups heckled and edged towards each other shouting‚ forcing the Johannesburg metro police to step in and separate them.Earlier‚ Mapaila said the SACP wanted the entire SABC board removed as it had failed to deliver on its public mandate and to hold management accountable.This followed the ANC’s strong U-turn against questionable editorial decisions taken at the SABC. On Tuesday the party’s communications subcommittee head‚ Jackson Mthembu‚ lambasted censorship and "unacceptable" lack of consultation ahead of radical policy changes at the public broadcaster.He also questioned the expertise of those at the highest management level at the SABC‚ saying the various "crises engulfing" the broadcaster were a consequence of a lack of leadership.Mapaila said the SABC board had failed to hold management at the public broadcaster accountable. "The board itself is very much complicit … in this rot‚ which is taking place."Our view is that this board must be recused‚ it has failed on its public mandate and the president and Parliament must relook into this institution‚ particularly the failure of the board to hold management to account."SACP members and supporters in red T-shirts held up banners that read: "End corporate capture of SABC"‚ "Reinstate dismissed workers now" and "Stop apartheid-style censorship".Seven journalists have been suspended and are facing disciplinary action at the SABC for questioning editorial policy.At the centre of the matter was a decision taken by the SABC not to show footage of violent protests. SABC management has warned that those who do not toe the line will be out.Mapaila said: "We express our concern about the rot‚ which is taking place at the SABC in terms of a personality cult‚ in terms of dictatorial methods of the governance of journalism‚ including the complicity of the board that is unable to stop the rot here."..