Pearl Thusi sets up meeting with SABC boss

Radio and television personality Pearl Thusi is allegedly begging SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng for her job back.

Thusi, who is apparently now sitting at home doing nothing, but feeling the heat as Lip Sync Battle Africa (the show she quit Live Amp for) was just eight episodes and she has seemingly shot all of them, is now said to be desperate and requesting an urgent meeting with Motsoeneng.

Motsoeneng fired Thusi from Metro FM after her resignation from SABC1’s Live AMP music show to sign up as a presenter on an international show, Lip Sync Battle Africa; a show that will be aired on SABC’s rival channels e.tv, MTV and MTV Base.

Sunday World newspaper has confirmed that Thusi has been pestering the SABC bosses to arrange a meeting between her and Motsoeneng, in order for her to ask to be reinstated.

“We can confirm that Pearl wanted a meeting with Motsoeneng and because he has an open-door policy he will accede to her request for the meeting and hear what she wants to say. We don’t know at this stage what the meeting will be all about, and when the meeting will take place,” SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago told the Sunday paper.

Regardless of efforts, Thusi could not be reached for comment.