SABC chairman Mbulaheni Maghuve and corporate affairs executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng have shown parliament the proverbial middle finger. In a theatrical press conference yesterday filled with bluster, obfuscation and cheap smear tactics, Maghuve and Motsoeneng said they wouldn't be bullied into resigning.Parliament resolved on Wednesday it would launch an inquiry into the SABC board's fitness to hold office and send letters to individual board members asking them to step down.This followed the shock resignation of board members Vusi Mavuso and Krish Naidoo.They said they hadn't been party to key decisions they would never have approved.These included reappointing Motsoeneng to an executive post, despite adverse findings by the courts and public protector, paying him a bonus of at least R10-million for clinching a controversial contract with MultiChoice and gutting the SABC's executive.Motsoeneng is yet to answer questions about the bonus payment."I'm still waiting for the letter that's supposed to come to me, bullying me to resign," said Maghuve."Let the inquiry come. I'm ready for it. I'm going nowhere."He accused parliament's portfolio committee on communications of ambushing the board.The committee sent the board a letter on September 26."The brief was to come and explain whether we have adhered to the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment," he said. "That was the only thing that they wanted."On September 30 the board received a second letter wanting to know what it had done to implement the public protector's findings against Motsoeneng, what action they had taken following the SCA ruling and the procedures followed in appointing him to corporate affairs chief.In parliament, the board was peppered with questions not contained in the letters.MPs wanted to know the processes followed in removing Bessie Tugwana from the corporate affairs post to make way for Motsoeneng and appointing her acting COO, and about the resignation of executives, including head of news, radio, audit, risk and procurement."If we knew there were a whole host of questions we could have prepared a presentation on that. I believe that was very, very unfair," said Maghuve.He also claimed the board was not given the opportunity to respond to questions and the "committee resolved to dissolve us".These questions included confirmation that Motsoeneng was paid a bonus for the MultiChoice deal that critics said cost the public broadcaster R2-billion in lost potential revenue.Maghuve made vague and unsubstantiated allegations yesterday against "former board members" he refused to name.He accused one former board member of being fired for "fraudulent conduct, another of leaking confidential SABC information to the press and another of destroying board meeting records, and yet another of not declaring his business interests.The chairman promised to provide reporters with documents that supported his claims but later reneged on this after receiving "legal advice", SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said.Motsoeneng came out guns blazing against his critics."People are very afraid when they see a very strong person," he said. "Because I believe in myself people have confidence in me.""People sitting here, they have qualifications," he said. "But I take them head on. They know I mesmerise them."Asked why he refused to quit despite being lambasted by the courts, cabinet, the presidency, the ANC and opposition parties, he said: "I accept and respect the press release of the president," but said that he had not gone "into the merits of the case"."I respect the courts," he said...