While, both organisations had in the past called on Tshabalala to find a way to turn the embattled SABC around, they explained that her protracted fight and denial over her lack of qualifications from Unisa was a waste of time and public resources.
"This is long overdue. It also did not have to consume public resources in the form of the processes that are taken both by Parliament and the courts as a result of Ms Tshabalala seeking to prevent the truth," SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo explained.
Yesterday, a spokesperson from the presidency said that President Jacob Zuma had accepted Tshabalala's resignation.
Parliament's Communications Portfolio committee had found the former SABC chairperson had lied under oath when she claimed her Unisa certificates for a BComm degree and a post graduate diploma in labour relations had been stolen during a burglary of her home.
Jan van Wyk, Unisa's executive director, added that while Tshabalala had been registered for a time at the correspondence university, she had not qualified.
However, Tshabalala maintained that Unisa's records are wrong.
In her absence from the SABC, her deputy will take over the running of the corporation. Her resignation also means that a report will no longer have to be drawn up by the National Assembly recommending her removal.
"We hope that a new appointment will be made soon as possible," Patrick Craven of Cosatu told EWN, saying that he hoped that her resignation marked a turning point for the beleaguered SABC.
Primedia Online.
Culled from Yahoo News.
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