Neville Pillay quits Lotus FM citing bad SABC management

Neville Pillay quits Lotus FM citing bad SABC management

Neville Pillay, the DJ presenter of Lotus FM’s ‘morning rush’ show has quit over SABC manager threats.

He took to Facebook this past Sunday in order to explain why.

 Lotus FM has experienced a significant drop in listenership over the past few months.

He shared that despite the fact that the last five years were “incredible” he no longer wants to be a part of the station because of SABC management. Neville Pillay blames the drop in listenership on the “disastrous 90% local music” rule put in place last year.

Reportedly, the state of the Lotus FM station is in bad shape. He questioned this in a meeting and was told that they wouldn’t be getting any new equipment.

Neville Pillay wrote…

“It’s in poor shape, almost nothing works and it’s held together by sticky tape almost. The Lotus FM’s studio isn’t a reflection of our station manager, rather the SABC as a whole. When I asked him what’s to be done, the marketing manager interjected. He said ‘you guys don’t deserve any new equipment because you put your feet up on the desk and eat in the studio’.

“I agree I do put my feet up on the desk every now and then but I said ‘We don’t eat in the studio. He then proceeded to tell me ‘I will f– cut you down to size, you hear me’. Never in my entire radio career has anyone in management spoken to me that way. That’s when I made the decision to walk out, I didn’t even respond to him. Alvin Pillay just stood by and watched and never intervened.”

The resignation of a Lotus FM favourite such as Neville Pillay is another indicator of the bull-headed and misguided management going on over at the SABC.

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