SABC knew Motsoeneng didn't have matric when they hired him – lawyer
Johannesburg – SABC Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s lawyer, Zola Majavu,told journalists that the corporation knew his client did not have a matric certificate when he was first hired in 1995.
Majavu, speaking at Motsoeneng’s disciplinary hearing in Sandton on Monday, said he had witnesses who could prove that his client disclosed to the SABC that he did not have a matric certificate.
He said the man who employed Motsoeneng as a journalist in 1995 knew that he did not have matric.
"I have never doubted my client’s innocence. I have defended many people and this is the one that I will defend till the end... I will not call more than two or three witnesses.
"Most of them are in the employ of the SABC. Most importantly what about the gentleman that employed him in 1995? The same person that nobody checked with, who knew that he did not have a matric qualification. He is still in the employ of the SABC," Majavu told reporters.