The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has fired over 600 employees with effect from today in a bid to trim its R2.4 billion annual salary bill of 3,167 employees.
The move has been described by many as heartless as most of the victims are breadwinners.
SABC newsreader Desiree Chauke broke to tears on Wednesday as she read the story about the public broadcaster’s concluded retrenchments.
““… It [SABC] will transition to a new structure from the 1st of April… I apologise I’m not able to finish that, can I ask my producers to take a break.” She said in a live news reading.
However SABC group chief executive officer, Madoda Mxakwe, told South Africa’s Business tech that the retrenchment process was “extremely difficult for all stakeholders.”
