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SABC blames 'technical glitch' for salary drama but Twitter is not buying it

A technical glitch on the part of a financial institution?

  • Jessica Levitt
1 min read
The SABC’s streaming platform SABC+ has surged past 1.5-million users as the broadcaster bets on digital growth to boost revenue and return to profit amid rising costs and limited state funding. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/WALDO SWIEGERS
The SABC’s streaming platform SABC+ has surged past 1.5-million users as the broadcaster bets on digital growth to boost revenue and return to profit amid rising costs and limited state funding. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/WALDO SWIEGERS The SABC’s streaming platform SABC+ has surged past 1.5-million users as the broadcaster bets on digital growth to boost revenue and return to profit amid rising costs and limited state funding. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/WALDO SWIEGERS

The SABC has pinned the blame for employees not getting their salaries on a 'technical glitch' on the part of a financial institution, insisting that staff will get paid today.

TimesLIVE reported that employees confirmed that they had not received their salaries. 

Staff said that management had told them there was a glitch and they would be paid.

On social media, many did not buy the explanation for the 'hold-up.'

The hashtag #SABCSalaries immediately shot up the trends list on Twitter with some offering sympathy for employees while others said they did not believe the 'financial glitch' response.