MultiChoice Admits Mistakes, Boots ANN7 From Platform

#Multichoice rolls out big guns including #Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk to reveal a finding in which it admits mistakes. pic.twitter.com/FuFFVfpMi5

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice made mistakes in dealings with @ANN7 which it is dropping when contract ends.

Today is a humbling day says SA CEO Calvo Mawela pic.twitter.com/49Vp2O8PQ5

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice board investigated contract with @ANN7 and the board had independent auditors and a law firm assisting. No corruption found says Calvo Mawela

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

Finding: mistakes made my Multichoice managers erred in contract with @ANN7 and in how they lobbied.

Board found Poor communications and contract management but contract eith Gupta TV was commercially sound, says Calvo Mawela

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

Finding. The advance payment to @ANN7 was neither illegal or unusual. It happens in industry says Mawela.

(Guptas ran empire on prepayments) #Multichoice

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

Board found no connection between. attrmpt to influence regulation and policy and the @ANN7 contract.#Multichoice is overhauling its lobbying policy and procedure

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

Imtiaz Patel, Multichoice CEO, knew Guptas but he did not allow this to influence the contract with Gipta TV.#Multichoice

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice is taking bids to host a black-owned channel to replace @ANN7tv when contract ends in June

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice SA CEO Calvo Mawela has used word humbled many times and apologised for failings seceral times.

(Big change in company's approach to story of how @ANN7tv came to be hosted on its platform)

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk says @ANN7tv required higher level of diligence.

Imtiaz Patel, who negotiated the cobtract, acted in #Multichoice's best interests.

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice says the R25-mn mystery payment was a standard advance payment.#Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk says nobody has bern fired because of the incident.

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice has met with @MzwaneleManyi to tell him it will no longer host @ANN7tv - he is weighing his options

(Multichoice hosting fees are biggest slice of @ANN7tv revenues)

— Ferial Haffajee (@ferialhaffajee) January 31, 2018

So yes, #Multichoice made it a condition precedent that the SABC must oppose terrestrial encryption in order to receive a big bag of money. After which "the SABC decided of its own accord that it accepts the provision".

But Mawela is baffled that this is an issue.

— Phillip de Wet (@phillipdewet) January 31, 2018

Multichoice says there was no corruption, no one has been disciplined but a whole news channel is not being renewed. It just doesn't add up.

— Mnisi weMvula. (@Bongas_) January 31, 2018

#Multichoice Mawela: We are not a part of #StateCapture. This is a commercial relationship. We pay @ANN7tv for a service everyone can see

— Nickolaus Bauer (@NickolausBauer) January 31, 2018

.@MultiChoice board will not share the report by lawyers and auditors with media. Comfortable that all findings were shared in press statement. @News24

— Adriaan Basson (@AdriaanBasson) January 31, 2018

So @MultiChoice is saying there is a report that found it is not guilty of corruption but the report is secret? 🤔 https://t.co/ykmYVgnNHY

— Pierre de Vos (@pierredevos) January 31, 2018