The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) takes “serious exception” to insinuations that its managers are neither properly educated nor qualified to run the state broadcaster. Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe‚ chairman of the SABC board‚ accused the African National Congress’ (ANC) Jackson Mthembu - who on Tuesday said SABC managers had undermined the Constitution and changed policy without consultation – of launching a personal attack on chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng.Maguvhe said in a statement‚ responding to Mthembu’s scathing criticism: “It is unfortunate that the statement made by the chairperson of the subcommittee on communications of the ANC‚ Jackson Mthembu has resulted into a personal attack that suggests that Motsoeneng makes all decisions alone.” A total eclipse of the HlaudiHlaudi Motsoeneng's days at the SABC are numbered. The ANC wants him out before the municipal elections early next month.Motsoeneng has been engulfed in controversy for allegedly running the broadcaster like a dictator‚ was accused of lying about not having a matric qualification and was at the receiving end of a highly critical report by the public protector‚ which recommended disciplinary action be taken against him. The Times reported on Wednesday that that the ANC – in an about-turn after having previously defended Motsoeneng – said there was a lack of leadership at the SABC and that heads would roll.Maguvhe‚ however‚ was adamant that the “strategies that the COO and his team have put in place‚ and sanctioned by the board have worked for the organisation”.“These political tugs of war by different political parties are diversionary and intended to defocus the corporation from its mandate. We need to reiterate that we will not make any decisions that are aimed at censoring the news.”He went as far as suggesting there was some form of conspiracy at play: “We are also aware of people with business interests who want to see the organisation collapse in order to seize its commercial assets.”Maguvhe praised SABC managers for “all the good achievements including the recent introduction of prioritising local content”.“Those who are stating that the SABC should reverse it local content policy‚ do not want the SABC as a public service broadcaster to empower our own artists and production houses‚” said Maguvhe.The SABC‚ he said‚ was not censoring the news.“It should be noted that the decision is not to censor any violent protests but not to glamorise the act of burning public property‚” he said.The Times quoted a senior ANC member as saying: “This chaos is affecting our election campaign and we can't allow it to continue. How can our people trust the election results when the public broadcaster is censoring news? This goes to the heart of what we fought for and Mthembu has the support of the majority on this." TMG Digital..