are locked in talks over how they will approach their court challenge. They are set to finalise their strategy by the end of the week.
“There are a lot of grounds we have identified to challenge this retrenchment. It was unfair. Some of the workers said they decided to take voluntary packages because the SABC was being unreasonable. One member alleges that they were being offered the same salary they earned 35 years ago to keep their job at SABC,” said Bemawu spokesperson“One of the things we are challenging is the unfair manner in which the organisation selected who should be retrenched.
“They have hired an entire external agency to handle their marketing now, which is supposed to be a role fulfilled by employees internally,” said du Buisson. In the mass restructuring at the SABC, 621 employees bowed out last week as the public broadcaster finalised its “emotionally charged” section 189 process.