Two former newspaper editors and a former soapie actress have been nominated to serve on the SABC's interim board, which will be tasked for the next six months with fixing the ailing broadcaster.
Journalists and former newspaper editors Mathatha Tsedu and Mpumelelo Mkhabela could form part of the five-person interim board once appointed. They were nominated by the ANC and the DA respectively.
Mkhabela is a former station manager at PowerFM and former chairman of the SA National Editors Forum. Former Generations actress Sulungeka Dazana has also been nominated by MPs for the board. Dazana owns a media company.
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Parliament's communications oversight committee yesterday named five people they believe would be suitable for the board: Rachel Kalidass (former board member); David Niddrie (former board member); Krish Naidoo (former board member); Febe Potgieter-Gqubule and Dumile Mateza (SABC talk show host).
- Parliament in rush to fill SABC boardMPs are urgently looking for five qualified “fit and proper” candidates to run the SABC and be part of its interim board for the next six months.
"We need people on the interim board who are at least very familiar with the law, familiar with human resources and people who understand corporate governance," said committee chairman Humphrey Maxegwana.
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