The decision by former SABC Chief Operating Officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and nine others to give 53 musicians R50,000 each has been declared unlawful and set aside. But the time period to reclaim this fruitless expenditure amounting to R2.42m has expired, meaning this money is lost to the state.
The controversial decision taken by the SABC operations committee to pay 53 music legends R50,000 each was allegedly brought through the back door at the end of an impromptu meetin0g.
A retired former SABC group executive has accused the public broadcaster of attempting to benefit from its own undue delays to recover money unlawfully spent.