Radio station is back on air
According to some members of management, the employees boycotted the station because they were not happy with the work ethics
LYDENBURG – After seven days of not airing any news and daily shows due to an internal dispute, Mash FM is now back on air.
On Wednesday August 17 employees stopped working and only music was broadcast.
When the newspaper visited the station, indeed the workers were not working. According to some members of management, the employees boycotted the station because they were not happy with the work ethics.
A memorandum, written by the employees, stated that funds were going out of the station’s bank account without accountability, the station’s property was being used for personal matters and other internal issues needed to be resolved for the sake of the daily running of the station.
Team members said they wanted the station to be operated according to the rules which every community station abides by.
When the newspaper contacted the manager of the station, Mr George Maphanga, he admitted they were having internal issues. “We are currently trying to resolve the problems and we promise that we will conquer. We are committed to resolving our internal issues and to achieve all the objectives we set for ourselves.”
The management and employees decided to set aside the challenges and continued with their mandate of community broadcasting with effect from August 24 at 00:00. “We want to apologise to the community. Please accept our sincere apology for the inconvenience caused,”
said Maphanga.
