Below is a list of Lotus staffers that were fired, suspended or left:
* 2012: Former Idols contestant Lendel Moonsamy was dismissed for inappropriate behaviour;
* 2014: Fahim Jamadar’s employment was terminated due to a serious transgression;
* 2014: Nashantha Nair was taken off air for missing an on air slot. Nair eventually took the SABC to the CCMA and won;
* 2016: Kevin Rebellious resigned (reason unknown);
* 2017: Ryan Naicker was suspended after he failed to pitch for a show;
* 2017: Neville Pillay quit;
* 2017: Ravi Govender was axed after describing former president Jacob Zuma as a “zombie”;
* 2018: Pauline Rosanna Sangham was fired for comments that irked the Muslim community.