More sex-for-jobs victims and jobs-for-pals complainants have come forward on alleged practices in the cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) department.
Cogta MEC Fikile Xasa said due to the magnitude of complainants who had come forward the deadline had been extended by another two weeks.
Xasa yesterday said he decided to extend Tuesday’s deadline because he wanted the four-member task team investigating the matter to give all affected employees at his department an opportunity to make submissions and for the team to make recommendations based on gathered facts.
Xasa said the team led by chairman of the Transkei Bar of Advocates Vusumzi Msiwa, appointed early last month and supposed to complete its work by September 30, will now submit a report to his office by October 17.
Although he could not reveal the number of complainants who had came forward so far, Xasa said the team had spent most of September speaking to “many” alleged victims and complainants.
He said in the next two weeks, focus would shift to interrogating those in his administration against whom complaints had been laid “so that all affected parties are afforded an opportunity to present their side of the story and for the department to deal with this once and for all”.
“I did meet the team this week on the day they were supposed to have wrapped up their work. They however informed me that they have not yet completed their task as there were a lot of people from the department who had come forward with their complaints,” said Xasa.
He added that he had been informed that some complainants included management level employees in his department.
Xasa appointed the task team early last month to investigate various allegations against senior administrators, including department head Stanley Khanyile.
The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleged Khanyile was “implicated in the intended ignorance of recruitment policy and employing foreigners and also not implementing the employment equity policy”.
This followed allegations from workers they may have had a role in Bhisho’s jobs-for-pals and sex-for-jobs scandals which shook the provincial government in recent months. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
More sex-for-jobs claims for probe
Cogta MEC Fikile Xasa said due to the magnitude of complainants who had come forward the deadline had been extended by another two weeks.
Xasa yesterday said he decided to extend Tuesday’s deadline because he wanted the four-member task team investigating the matter to give all affected employees at his department an opportunity to make submissions and for the team to make recommendations based on gathered facts.
Xasa said the team led by chairman of the Transkei Bar of Advocates Vusumzi Msiwa, appointed early last month and supposed to complete its work by September 30, will now submit a report to his office by October 17.
Although he could not reveal the number of complainants who had came forward so far, Xasa said the team had spent most of September speaking to “many” alleged victims and complainants.
He said in the next two weeks, focus would shift to interrogating those in his administration against whom complaints had been laid “so that all affected parties are afforded an opportunity to present their side of the story and for the department to deal with this once and for all”.
“I did meet the team this week on the day they were supposed to have wrapped up their work. They however informed me that they have not yet completed their task as there were a lot of people from the department who had come forward with their complaints,” said Xasa.
He added that he had been informed that some complainants included management level employees in his department.
Xasa appointed the task team early last month to investigate various allegations against senior administrators, including department head Stanley Khanyile.
The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleged Khanyile was “implicated in the intended ignorance of recruitment policy and employing foreigners and also not implementing the employment equity policy”.
This followed allegations from workers they may have had a role in Bhisho’s jobs-for-pals and sex-for-jobs scandals which shook the provincial government in recent months. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
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