Uproar after SAfm host Sakina Kamwendo gets pulled off air halfway through

SAfm radio host Sakina Kamwendo had her show pulled off air by management halfway through her morning show. Music was then played to fill in for the other half hour.

Apparently, management was furious that Sakina took the opportunity to announce her departure to talk about how she had been kept in the dark about her future at the end of her contract. She went ahead to mention difficulties when in the past staff were severely demoralised.

Sakina said she had heard a rumour but management had not told her anything. She even thought she would be continuing with the programme.

Programme shutdown

A colleague to Sakina said: “Listeners were phoning up and they weren’t happy and then the order came to shut down the programme.”

The technical staff got the order from the manager.