The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has announced the appointment of Phil Molefe as group executive for news and current affairs, the public broadcaster's website said on Tuesday.

The current crisis at the SABC reached its peak with the public broadcaster board’s suspension of CEO Solly Mokoetle who will contest his suspension and a vote of no confidence in SABC board chair, Dr

Suspended SABC boss Solly Mokoetle’s lawyers on Wednesday said the Arbitration Federation of South Africa (Afsa) was waiting for a response from the corporation to their challenge to his suspension.

A copy of a report by the SABC board that was due to be submitted to Parliament, details how some members felt threatened by the behaviour of the board’s chairman, Ben Ngubane, over the appointment of