Hlaudi Motsoeneng is in the firing line - claims have emerged that President Jacob Zuma has lost confidence in him, and two SABC board members have called for an urgent meeting ahead of a parliamentary committee hearing this week. The Sunday Times has seen letters from board members Krish Naidoo and Vusi Mavuso, asking that chairman Mbulaheni Maguvhe call a meeting for Tuesday - a day before the board appears before the communications portfolio committee to explain why Motsoeneng was appointed group executive of corporate affairs.Naidoo is a legal adviser to the ANC with a long history in the struggle.He and Mavuso declined to speak to the Sunday Times, but Naidoo says in his letter that acting CEO James Aguma should be suspended and Motsoeneng's appointment set aside.story_article_left1"Mr Aguma seems to be labouring under an incorrect understanding that he has the necessary authority to appoint Mr Motsoeneng as a group executive without reference to the board and without reference to the human resource and employment policy and procedures of the organisation," Naidoo wrote.Committee chairman Humphrey Maxegwana confirmed they were considering a parliamentary inquiry into the broadcaster, and had summoned the board to explain the processes that had been followed regarding Motsoeneng's appointment.The Sunday Times can also reveal that on Monday four SABC executives and two managers were offered severance packages totalling millions.They included group executive for radio Leslie Ntloko, group executive for risk and governance Itani Tseisi, group executive for TV Verona Duwarkah and executive head of procurement Madoda Shushu.Staffers at the SABC described the mood at the broadcaster this week as veering between helplessness and cautious optimism that Motsoeneng and Aguma's destructive reign of terror was about to end.Meanwhile, confidential documents show that the SABC is far worse off than Aguma claimed when he released the broadcaster's 2016 financial results on Thursday. - Additional reporting by Babalo Ndenze..