JJ Tabane takes fight with Power FM for R2m award to another level

Ex-radio host wants it to be a court order

- By Ngwako Malatji

Intrepid talk show host JJ Tabane has taken his protracted legal battle with Power FM to another level after he applied for an injunction to declare the arbitration award he won against the radio station an order of court.

The application comes a few months after Tabane filed a lawsuit against the Gauteng-based talk radio station to pay more than R300000 costs he incurred before he obtained the award.

It also comes after the station’s boss, Given Mkhari, took to social media about two months ago and insulted Tabane, calling him a thief and a fool, among other pejoratives.

In the application, which we have seen, Tabane said he and his company, Sigwili Media, concluded a written agreement with Power FM on or about May 17, 2017, to host a programme called Power Perspective. The agreement, he said, was to lapse on or about February 27, 2018.

Tabane said the agreement was renewed on or about March 1, 2018, and/or extended for a period of two years from March 1, 2018, to February 28, 2020.