Witnesses supporting Magopeni accuse the TV tech team of making a mistake

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Witnesses told the Magopeni disciplinary hearing that there was a duplication of codes on the system, which allowed the banned episode and its replacement to be registered under the same code.

DOSSIER: SABC news and information manager, Pathiswa Magopeni. Photo: Sethembiso Zulu / Eyewitness News

JOHANNESBURG – Witnesses supporting Phathiswa Magopeni, editor-in-chief of SABC News, have all blamed the broadcast of a banned episode of a special mission on the TV crew.

Witnesses told the Magopeni disciplinary hearing that there was a duplication of codes on the system, which allowed the banned episode and its replacement to be registered under the same code.

Magopeni faces a disciplinary hearing after the episode aired despite a court ban.

Executive Trust Producer, Busisiwe Ntuli, was the first witness to testify in Phathiswa Magopeni’s defense.

She told the court that the banned episode aired due to a system malfunction.

“When the technicians determined that there was a duplication, I was not aware that there was a duplication. In fact, as you can see in my email there, I was worried we were heading for the broadcast, and then I was on the phone with Nadiba the story editor to say, let’s see what replacement program can we find because here we have a problem that history does not go through. We can’t go on air with this one. They determined there was a duplication, I was not aware of it, “she said.

Production manager Mlungisi Shivamba echoed these views.

President Nazeer Cassim’s lawyer asked all the witnesses if the news service could have handled the case better, to which all replied no.

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