# SABC CEO Madoda Mxakwe has dismissed grievances by axed group executive of news and current affairs Phathiswa Magopeni against him. She had alleged that Mxakwe and SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini had interfered in editorial policy. Business Day is reporting that in a 32-page response to Magopeni, Mxakwe stated that her grievances were riddled with factual inaccuracies, deliberate distortions of known facts, and were made in bad faith to tarnish his reputation. He added that in her complaint, Magopeni showed a complete lack of understanding of accountability.