Outa has written to the SABC interim board chairperson to block ex-employee, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, from claiming any pay-outs from the public broadcaster.

In the letter sent to Khanyisile Kweyama today, Outa Portfolio Director of Social Services, Dominique Msibi, said any pension or other benefits due to Motsoeneng should be forfeited to the SABC to compensate for his “looting”.

Msibi said Outa is concerned that former Motsoeneng will, now that he has been dismissed, attempt to claim millions in pension and other benefits.

While at the SABC, Motsoeneng earned the highest salary of all employees and benefited from high bonuses.

“Outa believes that Motsoeneng caused substantial financial and reputational damage to the SABC and we support attempts to claim back illegitimate payments made to him. We believe those claims should include – but are not limited to – the salary paid while he was on suspension (as he broke the terms of his suspension by returning to SABC during that time) and the illegitimate R11 million bonus he secured during the dubious MultiChoice deal,” Msibi wrote.

“We believe there is already enough justifiable cause to block any pay-outs to Motsoeneng, since his employment appointment was irregular, was based on falsified information which he provided, there is already credible information available about the illegitimate deals from which he benefitted and we understand that the interim board’s own investigations are continuing,” he continued.

It’s not clear what Motsoeneng has been up to since his dismissal, but his lawyer had indicated that he’d be challenging the dismissal.