Right2Know demands advertisers to pull the plug on SABC

by Bongani Khoza · Published October 14, 2016 · Updated April 8, 2019

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SOUTH AFRICA
Wednesday 28 September 2016 – 1:38pm

Lobby group Right2Know held a march in three cities on Wednesday to ask advertisers to stop advertising with the SABC. Photo: Twitter.com/@THATlindz

JOHANNESBURG – Lobby group Right2Know held a march in three cities on Wednesday to ask advertisers to stop advertising with the SABC.The group also marched against the appointment of SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng as group executive of corporate affairs.

The Right2Know Campaign marched in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, calling on companies that advertise with the public broadcaster to stop doing so.

The SABC announced that its embattled former chief operations officer would be reverting back to his former position as group executive of corporate affairs.

“The Right2Know Campaign will be holding a national day of action in response to the ongoing SABC crisis on Wednesday, 28 September 2016. This day marks the International Right to Know Day and we will be observing it by marching to top SABC advertisers and calling on them to pull their adverts on SABC until meaningful steps to address the crisis at the public broadcaster are taken,” the Right2Know said in a statement.

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The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that his permanent appointment as COO was irrational and unlawful.