(1) With regard to the recent appointment of a certain person (name furnished) to the position of the SA Broadcasting Corporation chief operating officer (COO) (a) what process was followed to appoint the said person as COO, (b) was the position externally advertised and handled by an external recruitment agency and (c) how many (i) applicants applied and (ii) were shortlisted; (2) was any consideration given to the Public Protector’s findings that the said person had lied about having a matric and had irregularly increased salaries when he was Acting COO; (3) is the said person still earning the R2,4m salary that the Public Protector found he was awarded irregularly?