[Newsroom]

Even if those with substantive jobs (Sarah Campbell, Luxmy Gopal, Ben Thompson etc) returned to those roles and those who are presumed to be freelancers are let go entirely there is quite possibly more than 7 candidates whose jobs are ‘at risk’ (and quite notably as an Africa business correspondent Nancy Kacungira’s job prior to the merger was not seemingly considered ‘at risk’). People like Sally Bundock, Victoria Valentine, Lukwesa Burak and Rich Preston may have remained on air throughout the process but their jobs are no more secure in the medium term than those currently not on air. Even if those with substantive jobs (Sarah Campbell, Luxmy Gopal, Ben Thompson etc) returned to those roles and those who are presumed to be freelancers are let go entirely
Also as those jobs would be considered a step down from their prior roles it may be that they haven’t applied and therefore cannot be placed in them.
It would also appear from Twitter that there is only 6 vacancies remaining as Rajini Vaidyanathan has as good as confirmed that she has landed one of the posts. With the way things are going it would look as though Geeta is by far the most likely to return of the missing presenters and she is likely to be joined by people such as Luxmy Gopal, Vishala Sri Pathma and Lukwesa Burak in the roles.

How do you deduce that Geeta is the most likely to return? Because of the colour of her skin?