The DA has threatened to take the SABC to court should it not suspend its chief operations officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, by 2pm today. James Selfe, the party's federal executive chairman, revealed this yesterday alongside the DA's court application in the Cape Town High Court to have Motsoneng's appointment set aside.Last week the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Motsoeneng be suspended and disciplinary action be taken against him.Public Protector Thuli Madonsela had found that Motsoeneng, then the acting chief operations officer, had abused his powers, irregularly increased his own salary and misrepresented his qualifications.Despite this, he was appointed permanently to the position .Selfe said the high court action "attacks the rationality of the decision to appoint [Motsoeneng] as permanent COO".Motsoeneng, the SABC board and Communications Minister Faith Muthambi are defending the court action.Selfe described Motsoeneng's decision to take the Supreme Court of Appeal's ruling on appeal as "irrational"."We believe that this is inconsistent and irrational in itself and we have [told] Mr Motsoeneng through his lawyers that if he is not suspended by 2pm [today] we will bring a contempt of court application against him," said Selfe."There is a clear order by the [Supreme Court of Appeal]. We believe he has chosen to ignore it illegally and so if they do not suspend him by 2pm we will approach the court on an urgent basis to find the minister, the SABC and Mr Motsoeneng are in contempt of court."The SABC's lawyer, Nkosinathi Mchunu, said he was not aware of the DA's intentions. The SABC was preparing to appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling.A group of Motsoeneng's supporters in T-shirts saying "Hands off Hlaudi" were outside court...