SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Muvhango boss at odds over contracts
TMG Leisure | 2016-05-24 thirteen:forty one:fifty two.zero
Duma Ndlovu is seemingly in scorching water with the SABC.
Picture by: Gallo Pictures/Sowetan/Elvis Ntombela
The gloves are reportedly off between SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Muvhango producer Duma Ndlovu over actors’ not being given three-yr contracts as instructed by Hlaudi.
Sunday World is reporting that regardless of the SABC giving clear instruction that actors must be given three-yr contracts following the axing of sixteen Generations forged members who launched into a strike over contracts on the finish of 2014, this has not been accomplished.
The paper has learnt that Muvhango boss Duma Ndlovu has not adopted via with the instruction and lots of key actors together with Sindi Dlathu, Lesley Musina, Dingaan Mokebe, Sydney Ramakuwela and others haven’t but been given longer-time period contracts.
“We did not get these three-yr contracts, and I doubt we’ll get them,” stated one of many actors.
The actors, who didn’t need to be named resulting from worry of reprisal, added that everybody is just too scared to even convey up the subject of contracts.
Muvhango publicist Amanda Ngudle informed the paper that the actors’ contracts shall be renewed when the soapie’s contract with the SABC is renewed on the finish of August.
“Our present contract with the SABC was signed in August 2014. We couldn’t have signed three-yr contracts with our actors when our personal three-yr contract was already in procession when the verbal promise was made to the actors. It doesn’t make authorized sense,” learn a part of the assertion.
Hlaudi informed the paper that he was not conscious concerning the contracts not being renewed and that he cope with the matter.
“Duma cannot defy the SABC. There isn’t any method. For those who do enterprise with us, you’ll do, what we would like you to do as an organisation,” he stated.
-This story first appeared in Sunday World.