Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will appoint an independent panel to look at the working conditions of musicians and actors. Briefing media in Johannesburg on Friday, Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said the SABC was of the view that an independent panel was needed to investigate the employment standards of artists. He said the panel would check international standards in dealing with these issues. The COO and MMSV Productions held a special briefing regarding the termination of services of 16 actors on the popular soapie Generations. The cast have claimed the broadcaster and production company had failed to deliver on promises made to them during their strike last year. The cast was reportedly promised three-year contracts which they had not received. They also wanted salary adjustments. Motsoeneng said the SABC had fulfilled its promise to all the actors as all production houses received a three-year contract with the public broadcaster. He said negotiations should always be open but added that if actors did not come to work they could not sit down to negotiate. MMSVs Mfundi Vundla said the company had a contract with the SABC and had to honour its obligations. He said when the actors embarked on a strike the production company could not deliver episodes to the SABC. “We had to act…we terminated the services of 16 actors,” Vundla explained. He said Generations would continue to be screened because the production house had creative ideas. Some of the actors that had their services terminated included Menzi Ngubane, who plays the character of ruthless businessman Sbusiso Dlomo, Nambitha Mpumlwana (Mawande), Patrick Shai (Patrick Tlaole), Sophie Ndaba (Queen Ndaba), Seputla Sebogodi (Kenneth Mashaba), Winnie Ntshaba (Khetiwe Buthelezi) and Katlego Danke (Dineo Dlomo). SABC Group Executive Verona Duwarkah said the dispute about actors’ royalties and rates was between MMSV Productions and the actors. The actors were getting paid an average of R55 000 a month. –
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:54:46 +0000
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