{"id":8030,"date":"2021-08-03T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2021-08-03T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:34:32","slug":"media-statement-sabc-responds-to-misleading-media-statement-by-safa-on-robert-marawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-sabc-responds-to-misleading-media-statement-by-safa-on-robert-marawa\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT &#124; SABC RESPONDS TO MISLEADING MEDIA STATEMENT BY SAFA ON ROBERT MARAWA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg \u2013 Tuesday, 03 August 2021 &#8211;<\/strong> The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted with serious concern the misleading and ill-informed media statement issued by the South African Football Association (SAFA) regarding the conclusion of Robert Marawa\u2019s contract with the public broadcaster.<br \/>\nThe SABC regards this as an attempt by SAFA to interfere with the human resources and operational affairs of the public broadcaster. SAFA\u2019s statement and its intention to meet with the SABC on this issue is unprecedented and in direct conflict with the SABC\u2019s independence, which is guaranteed by law.<br \/>\nIt is quite clear that SAFA has issued a media statement without regard to the full details of the matter. The SABC reiterates that Robert Marawa&#8217;s three-year contract was not terminated but ended as per the terms of his contract. Robert Marawa was duly notified of the non-renewal of his contract three months before it came to an end.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe SABC strongly rejects SAFA\u2019s assertion that the non-renewal of Robert Marawa\u2019s contract is somehow connected with an attempt to restrict the expression of his views. SAFA\u2019s comment in this regard is baseless and without foundation. It is disappointing that the organisation representing South African football has allowed itself to become part of this issue&#8217;s misinformation.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe public broadcaster assures the South African public that it will continue to discharge its mandate without fear or favour, whilst ensuring that the interests of the organisation are protected.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Issued By:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Group Communications <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Media Enquiries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Gugu Ntuli (Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Marketing)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:NtuliGM@sabc.co.za\"><strong>NtuliGM@sabc.co.za<\/strong><\/a><strong>|T. 011 714 3311|C. 071 877 0513\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg \u2013 Tuesday, 03 August 2021 &#8211; The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted with serious concern the misleading and ill-informed media statement issued by the South African Football Association (SAFA) regarding the conclusion of Robert Marawa\u2019s contract with the public broadcaster. The SABC regards this as an attempt by SAFA to interfere with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}