No one has changed the SABC like Hlaudi.

The controversial Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

The day the SABC started to sink like a titanic was the day the public broadcaster introduced the 90% local on its media platform which includes radio, television, and its digital media. The idea was to give local content an exposer and to show the entire world how diverse South Africa is.

 According to the then SABC Chief Operations Officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng: “The SABC has taken a radical decision about its local content offering across all its radio, television and digital platform.  Many people across SA eulogised motsoeneng. He was a hero and many said he was a game changer more specifically local artists. But how real the 90% local was? From an eye of a different perspective instead the decision was never taken to benefit local artists even though it sounded like.

It was with no reasonable doubt that the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as SABC COO was completely ‘irrational’. To prove that the Democratic alliance court bid to remove Hlaudi as he wasn’t fit to hold the position went successful. So one would argue that motsoeneng as an eye opener he was thoughtful in bringing the idea. He knew from the day he was appointed to the public broadcasters’ top position that the appointment was never done on merit and the DA would do everything in its power to try to impeach him.

As such the only possible way to mobilise people who apparently would support and buy him time was the ‘90% local’. He was probably not a fan of the so called 90% local. He was just using people to support him because he knew public interest would keep him within the SABC, but thanks to those who fought for the uncalled for behaviour within the public broadcaster. ‘The controversial motsoeneng’ is gone.

However, it is unfortunate that the SABC has lost about 200 million through the 90% local yet the man still have the guts to say ‘ no one has changed the SABC like he has’.

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