Jimi Matthews tweeted on Monday that he had resigned as acting South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) CEO . Read his full resignation letter to SABC board chair Professor Mbulayeni Maghuve.
“It is with great sadness that I tender my immediate resignation.
“For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I could be more effective inside the SABC than outside‚ passing comment from the side-lines.
“In the process the prevailing‚ corrosive atmosphere has impacted negatively on my moral judgment and has made me complicit in many decision which I am not proud of.
“What is happening at the SABC is wrong and I can no longer be part of it.”
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