Media Flaws

To whom it may concern

It is with great consternation to hear that you spent R123 000 to appear on the cover of a lesser known publication, known as Leadership Magazine.

It is with further dismay that your actions were actually prohibited and that your company actually paid for this. This not only brings your accounts department to disreputation but also challenges Leadership magazine's credibility. They’ve (Leadership Magazine) tried to defend their actions, by stating that you only paid for your 3 or 5-page self-written profile which they featured – your face only made it to the front page as a bonus!

Moving on. I don't know what is going on with you. Are you lusting fame? We all know you have a high and powerful job, but I guess this self-adoration all started when you became a common news feature on your own television channels. I don't know of any CEOs that take pleasure in being in the public eye as you. I'm hoping you won’t use being previously disadvantaged as the reason.

By the way, if you really want to be in the public eye - I'd suggest you start clearing the the air about your son. There are wild rumours amock, which I hope are not true, about his recreational activities and engagements. So before you drag yourself into the limelight, think very carefully about the perks and benefits that come with limelight positions and how you and your family could easily become public interest - You will not like it, although I suspect it's what you want or need.

I also suspect that you get a good pay at the end of the month, being CEO of SABC and all. And I hear that you've just been elected to the chair of Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership Committee - congratulations! You've done us proud, but please, please leave the limelight alone - you might end up like the Selebis, Zumas and Yengenis.

Once again congratulations on the Global Media AIDS Initiative chair!

Your sincerely,

Anonymous

After reading this letter I somehow felt obliged to share a prayer with the intended receipient. I picked the following prayer from Tom Eaton:

"Our celestial social worker who art in Heaven, accessible be thy name. Thy group-hug come, thy mandate be done (after in-depth discussion with all stakeholders) on Earth as it is in Heaven. Validate this day our self-image, and expect us not to resist temptation but deliver us from moralizing. For thine is the Socialist state, the celebrity and the bling, for ever and ever, or until we change our minds again. Amen."