Relationship of award-winning radio presenter and Lesedi FM ends

Mabuya accuses bosses of stifling talent

- By Bongani Mdakane

Lesedi FM’s award-winning presenter and businessman extraordinaire Motseki Mabuya has severed his contentious ties with the radio station.

So toxic were the last few months behind the mic that he was barred from taking to the air for his last shows on July 27 and 28.

He said a few days after announcing he would be leaving, programme manager Mannini Nyokong told him that the station had decided against allowing him to do his last two shows and say goodbye to his listeners.

Mabuya told Sunday World that Lesedi was not a conducive environment for presenters, adding that the on-air talent was treated poorly. He said in his case, he was a dead man walking at the station from the day he stood up for the presenters.

Mabuya said presenters and management were at a team-building session when he asked if managers believed presenters felt their support.

He said he was called to a meeting, which turned out to be contract negotiations.