The board of the commercial radio station Kaya FM 959 has fired its station manager, Sibongile Mtyali after she allegedly refused to fire sports presenter Mpho Maboi following her altercation with Kaya Drive presenter Sizwe Dhlomo.

Kaya FM has fired Sibongile Mtyali after she allegedly refused to fire sports presenter Mpho Maboi following her altercation with Sizwe Dlomo who complained about Mpho allegedly continually arriving late for the show.

The former Metro FM station manager Sibongile Mtyali was allegedly fired by Kaya 959 after Sizwe Dhlomo complained about sports presenter Mpho Maboi allegedly continually arriving late for their show.

City Press revealed that Mtyali was accused of favoritism and being a bully by some staff members at the popular Gauteng station.

“It’s been a norm that Sizwe arrives at 1 pm, but the contract indicates that presenters of the show are expected to be in the studio at 2 pm, so when Sibongile made him aware of this aspect, he claimed that he could no longer work with her,” a source revealed.

“Since Sizwe did not get what he wanted, numerous people have anonymously lodged complaints to the board about Mtyali, citing that she is never available to staffers and she does not resolve complaints, basically saying that she is a bad manager. The allegations were investigated and proven to be untrue, but they terminated her contract anyway.”

It also added, “People at the station are actually scared of him [Sizwe] since it is a known fact that he has very close ties with the board members.”