Tbo Touch is accused of running Soweto TV to the ground.
– Tbo Touch is accused of paying himself 3 times – as a CEO, as a Director of a sales company MVM & paying his company Touch HD with Soweto TV’s funds but his company does not render any services at the station.
In Dec 2021, Tbo Touch claimed that Soweto TV was bleeding and took the decision to move their fully functioning offices in Diepkloof to the old school in Vilakazi street, which still needed renovating upon our arrival. This decision was to help cut costs of R80 000.
– The employees currently don’t have a pay date and the company randomly pays them.
– The station only has one car (panel can) to cover production shoots and for operational use.
– They have been working without a salary raise or bonuses for the past 3 years and no pension fund.
Under Tbo Touch’s management the staff is expected to work without internet access.
– They haven’t been receiving pay slips since the beginning 2022.
– The drivers have been struggling to pour fuel at the garage in Pimville & have been turned back several times due to non-payment.
Tbo Touch claimed that the outdated computers that do not in their production office were donated to Soweto TV but they later discovered that Soweto TV paid over R100 000 for them
– They’ve had 3 HR personnel’s in this year
– Employees have been told they are facing retrenchment.
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