2010 broadcast boss in R26m rap
THE SABC has finally confirmed that its Soccer World Cup head will face charges for paying a friend R26million for studio space.
Sowetan reported in May that Peter Kwele had been authorised to spend R1million on setting up the World Cup broadcasting headquarters at the Sandton Convention Centre.
But just one month before the tournament started it emerged that Kwele had sublet the space from Graham Cooke, the president of World Travel Awards. Cooke is a friend of Kwele and his wife, Lindiwe Mahlangu-Kwele, the chief executive of Joburg Tourism.
Instead of paying R1million, Kwele had promised Cooke's company R26million worth of advertising that will run on SABC over two years.
Kwele was suspended two weeks ago but the SABC had declined to divulge the reasons for that.
But yesterday in Parliament, acting SABC chief executive Robin Nicholson told Sowetan that Kwele was suspended for the "unbudgeted, unauthorised and irregular expenditure".
Nicholson said SABC staff who give away discounts on advertising have become such a problem that they will be probed by the special investigations unit.
Board member Cedric Gina said the unit had told the board that corruption was "so sophisticated at the SABC" that the unit wanted to investigate the broadcaster's finances dating back to 2005.
Mank
u will not get anywhere if you play with taxpayers money, u are corruptReport Abuse
MOOILIK
Wats rong with these guys 26m they have shared it among's themselves thy dont worryReport Abuse
chungu
BA MO LAILE BA MO KOBA THEN WE SHOULD PAY LICENSE FOR PEOPLE WHO WAIST OUR TAX MONEY WE ARE NOT FOREIGNERS WE ARE PAYING TAX PLEASE MAKE HIM TO PAY THOSE MONIES TO DISMISS HIM WONT SOLVE A PROBLEM MAKE HIM TO FEEL IT GORE HA O LE LEGODU WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU GETAWAY MAAAAAAAANReport Abuse
Kuch
Ijho,They are not getting a cent from me for the freaking Tv licence,I pay tax mus,NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE 'C' STANDS FOR IN SABC........CORUPTION
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Cantget
ppl engaging in corruption scandals mst be dealt accordingly,we r sick & tired of dis ppl who think dey own msanzi by doing whateva dey lyk with da tax payers money.Report Abuse
MEHLO
This is a sign that our Government is not corrupt but people like Kwele are the ones who are corrupt.Report Abuse
VanDerMerwe
Tse baan, tse baan.....Sies, they can't show a Bafana game & now they pay their friends R26 million? Useless broadcaster.....SABC must just close shop......we have Etv, Soweto TV & DSTV to bring us the news.Report Abuse
SimbaT
Criminals r not supposed to be suspended if we have tangible evidence to convict them, diz guy shud be arrested for either fraud or corruption. Sometimes it's hard to work with corrupt management and resist temptation, especially where huge sums of cash is involved. SABC board is made up of Comrades(Zuma allies) and we expect clean sheet from them?? Anythin to do with Zuma and ANC is F'D UP...Our newspapers r infested with stories about how government departments r embezzlin public funds, but even today no one has been accountable???Report Abuse
