SABC Board Deputy Chairperson & Communications Minister react to SABC retrenchments

SABC board deputy chairperson Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi says five of the members are against retrenchments at the public broadcasters. The SABC board has three executive members and 11 non-executive members. Meanwhile, SABC management is adamant that it's continuing with the retrenchment of 400 permanent staff. In an email to staff, SABC management and the board have apologised for what they've called the confusion that yesterday's stand-off with news staff created. Group Executive of News, Phathiswa Magopeni, said she couldn't continue issuing letters of redundancy to affected staff. The SABC is set to appear before Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications later today. For more clarity we are joined on the line by Deputy Chairperson of the SABC Board, Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi to explain why she and some of her colleagues are against the retrenchments ...Meanwhile, Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni Abrahams says she's been in talks with her other colleagues in government to try and find a solution to the SABC impasse