Skills audit reveals serious structural problems at the SABC

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Skills audit reveals serious structural problems at the SABC --

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:51

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A skills audit conducted by PriceWaterhouseCooper has revealed that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is suffering from a major skills and training deficit among its upper echelon management and in its broadcast technology department.

The auditors sampled 842 job titles and reported that 577 of these were occupied by people who held qualifications that were either not authentic , incomplete or awarded by institutions that no longer exist.

The report was presented in parliament on Tuesday to the communications portfolio committee, by Human Capital Services group executive Jabu Mabaso, and revealed some worrying statistics. The findings of the audit indicate that 60% of people in executive positions do not meet the minimum requirements for strategic thinking at an executive level. It also states that 56% lacked competence in problem solving and decision making, and that 35% showed disregard for financial information.

In the face of this information, acting chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng was quoted by The Times as saying that the public broadcaster was doing well and that the right management team was in place.

The presentation of the report followed on the heels of the resignation of the SABC s Group CEO, Lulama Mokhobo. In an interview with TechCentral, Mokhobo insisted that the findings of the report did not influence her decision to quit her post. The audit, she said in the interview, enabled the SABC to determine exactly who we had and we implemented training programmes and the understanding of how to run a business efficiently and effectively is so much higher now. There is lots of training and development happening on the job.

These structural problems are only some of the issues facing the public broadcaster, which also contends with a constantly changing board and senior management, accusations of political manipulation and abuse of power, no permanent chief financial officer, a lack of public confidence and questions as to whether it has the ability to carry out its digital migration objectives.

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