ATC121030: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Section 15A Inquiry Process, dated 30 October 2012
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Report of
the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC) Section 15A Inquiry Process, dated 30 October 2012
The Portfolio Committee on
Communications (the Committee), having considered the complaint from the SABC
Board and response by Advocate
Cawekazi
Mahlati
, reports as follows:
The Committee
received a briefing from the SABC Board on its inquiry regarding a Board
members (Advocate
Cawekazi
Mahlati
)
conduct on Tuesday, 18 September 2012.
The Board had also passed two votes of no confidence against Advocate
Cawekazi
Mahlati
with allegations
of misconduct. The Committee also afforded Advocate
Cawekazi
Mahlati
an opportunity to present her version of
events.
The
Committee sought legal opinion on how best to deal with the matter from the
Parliamentary Legal Services.
The
Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the above matter on
30 October 2012.
Having
deliberated on the legal opinion as provided by the Legal Advisor and having
established that there will not be any action by the Presidency on section
15(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act, No. 4 of 1999, inquiry conducted by the SABC
Board, the Committee recommends that: (i)
an inquiry is conducted in terms of section
15A of the Act by the Committee; (ii) the Committee be authorised to refer the
matter to the Office of the Auditor-General for a special integrated audit;
(iii) the report of the Auditor-General be considered by the Committee for
recommendations to the National Assembly
; and
(iv)
the National Assembly inform the appointing authority of the inquiry to be
conducted in terms of section 15A of Act.
Report to be
considered.
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