Radio and television icon Unathi Nkayi committed a career hara-kiri when she refused to apologise to her former colleague Sizwe Dhlomo for “falsely accusing” him of hurling profanities at her in the studio of the Gauteng-based radio station last year.
This despite being instructed to extend an olive branch to Dhlomo by the station’s human resource head, Bhekiwe Khumalo, after the station’s internal investigations exonerated Dhlomo of any wrongdoing.
The startling details, which contradict Nkayi’s claims that she was pink slipped even after she apologised to Dhlomo for wrongly accusing him of insulting her, are contained in Kaya FM’s application to oppose the multi-million lawsuit she filed in the Joburg High Court earlier this year.
Nkayi is demanding R1.6-million from Kaya FM for unfair dismissal.
In the papers, which we have seen, Kaya FM said Nkayi made misrepresentation regarding violence, abuse and language that had resulted in causing anxiety among the colleagues and employees of the station.
“… The plaintiff persisted in her misrepresentation of events of 18 October 2021 in order to accuse Mr Dhlomo of violence, abuse and uttering profanities to and directed at the plaintiff,” read the papers.
The station supported its case by attaching an email in which Nkayi made false accusation against Dhlomo.
The email, which she sent to Khumalo after her alleged altercation with Dhlomo reads in parts: “Yusterday (sic) during the crossover of my show to Kaya Drive with Sizwe,...
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