South Africans Fume as SABC Appoints Zimbabwean Tendai Matore as Acting CFO

South Africans Fume as SABC Appoints Zimbabwean Tendai Matore as Acting CFO

South Africans are voicing their anger after the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) announced the appointment of Zimbabwean-born Tendai Matore as its Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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SABC Appoints Zimbabwean Tendai Matore as Acting CFO

Matore’s appointment follows the resignation of CFO Yolande van Biljon, who will officially leave her post on November 30. Van Biljon has been praised for her role in improving the SABC’s financial standing, culminating in the broadcaster achieving an unqualified audit opinion for the first time in 14 years.

The SABC board, management and staff thanked van Biljon for her contribution to the organisation.

“The SABC board, management and staff extend their sincere gratitude to Ms van Biljon for her contribution to the organisation. While saddened by her departure, the corporation fully respects her decision and wishes her all the best in her future endeavours.”

Zimbabwean-born Tendai Matore, who has been with the SABC since 2017, is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA in Finance from Durham Business School in the UK.

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Mzansi Erupts Following Matore’s Appointment as Acting CFO

Following the announcement of Tendai Matore’s appointment, criticism arose on social media, with many South Africans demanding that a local candidate be chosen for the position. Here are some of the reactions:

@TheGeopol:

@PresidencyZA Stop being cowards and prioritize South Africans for once, Why is SABC which is funded by our tax money & License fees keeps on undermining us like this? How can you hire a Zimbabwean as CFO

@OfentseK88:

Foreigners are getting jobs while SAns are unemployed and poor. This is not fair😡😡

@jazzlinjay:

And they expect us to TV Licence

@SirFigo_SA:

I bet we DON’T have any South African with required qualifications right? Nah man, this country🚮

@mandlabafo:

He is not the first to run SABC and won’t be the last.

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