Mawela said MultiChoice had decided not take the public through every element as to who did what.
“What we took as a way of making sure that we keep this process as confidential as possible…was that we will invite the bids‚ once the bids have come in‚ the only process that we are going to undertake in terms of going to the public was the announcement‚” Mawela said.
He said the company would not be able to share any interactions between the bidding process and the final announcement.
“I am afraid that as the process that we have kept is very tight‚ I cannot share with you what happened during the process up until the announcement of the successful bidder because we have decided to keep it like that‚” Mawela said.
MultiChoice CEO for general entertainment‚ Yolisa Phahle‚ said there was a confidentiality clause to protect the bidders‚ because many of the people who were interested had existing jobs and did not want their information to be shared.