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SABC scraps off retrenchment plan

SABC scraps off retrenchment plan. In a statement, the corporation said all its stakeholders acknowledge the need to review the increase in costs, including the compensation bill.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that it will not continue with its retrenchment plan. “Hence the need to conduct a thorough skills audit and related activities,” it said.

In October last 2018, the SABC announced that it planned to lay off almost 1 000 of its permanent workers, and at least 1 200 freelancers.

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According to the public broadcaster, they are doing this in the interest of the SABC and its employees.

“The SABC has decided not to renew the notice to invoke section 189 of the LRA. This follows constructive and extensive engagements with various stakeholders, including the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications, Organised Labour and our own employees,” It added.

The outcome will reportedly provide the SABC with a fit-for-purpose structure, which will have a clear and defined span of control. with a fit-for-purpose structure, which will have a clear and defined span of control.

“This will ensure that the SABC meets its strategic objective of operating optimally and competitively in a digitised environment.”

Source: Daily Sun