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Whites only job advert causes a stir
22 Oct 2017 at 10:08hrs | Views
Production experts in the TV industry could not believe their eyes when they saw an advert posted online for a senior position.
Looking to hire a commissioning editor in Johannesburg at an annual salary of R800 000, the ad read: "Please note: We are specifically looking for a white, English-speaking commissioning editor as this role is for someone who will produce soapies and programmes in this specific demographic."
Alerting City Press about the patently racist ad, one source - who does not wish to be named for fear of jeopardising their employment prospects - applied for the position and engaged with the recruitment agency, Kandhi Consulting.
The position, they were told, was for M-Net.
"They were specific about the TV station being M-Net, the kind of contracts M-Net offers, the psychometric tests that it does, etcetera."
M-Net has distanced itself from the ad, saying it was not authorised and that the work had been subcontracted by its agency to another recruitment outfit without the company's knowledge.
Looking to hire a commissioning editor in Johannesburg at an annual salary of R800 000, the ad read: "Please note: We are specifically looking for a white, English-speaking commissioning editor as this role is for someone who will produce soapies and programmes in this specific demographic."
Alerting City Press about the patently racist ad, one source - who does not wish to be named for fear of jeopardising their employment prospects - applied for the position and engaged with the recruitment agency, Kandhi Consulting.
"They were specific about the TV station being M-Net, the kind of contracts M-Net offers, the psychometric tests that it does, etcetera."
M-Net has distanced itself from the ad, saying it was not authorised and that the work had been subcontracted by its agency to another recruitment outfit without the company's knowledge.
Source - news24
