By Obakeng Maje
Mahikeng- Embattled North West Provincial Head of Communication, Lesiba Kgwele has lodged a complaint against the SABC with the Press Ombudsman for the public broadcaster’s distortion of his statement responding to his widely publicised dismissal from the Office of the Premier.

“The SABC first broadcasted the statement issued by the Acting Director General without seeking my comment and contrary to the statement that I had issued reported on that I had alleged that senior politicians are involved in the bigger orchestrated plot to purge and ultimately destroy me” diligent Kgwele said.

Kgwele said such insensitive distortions and sensationalised reporting not only have the potential to jeopardise his case including the appeal process but are also a violation of his constitutional rights.

“The endorsement of the premature announcement of my dismissal by Democratic Alliance (DA) Provincial Leader, Chris Hattingh is not suprising as his party would be the major and unintended beneficiary of my sacking.
It is not in his party’s interest that the provincial government has at its helm a skilled, experienced and assertive communicator who has frustrated its effort to project government in a negative light” he concludes.-TDN
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