The ANC caucus in the Bhisho legislature has been ordered to appoint a candidate who was overlooked despite her 21 years of experience in the ANC office and meeting the basic requirements of the job.
This was the ruling of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which the Dispatch saw yesterday.
Last year the caucus hired the girlfriend of party and legislature chief whip Mzoleli Mrara, who is also the mother of his 11-year-old love child.
In a ruling dated April 21, the CCMA ordered Mrara’s office to hire the party’s human resources practitioner, Nozikhungo Stofile, as a party researcher, and to backdate her salary to April last year.
The ruling comes after Stofile complained about being unfairly overlooked for one of three ANC caucus research practitioner posts on offer. Of the three lucrative posts on offer:
lMrara’s girlfriend got one;
lA person without a valid matric got the second post; and
lThe appointment of the third post went to an acceptable candidate.
The post given to the candidate without a matric certificate was later reversed after Stofile and another ANC caucus employee lodged formal complaints.
Both Stofile and the other applicant possess postgraduate degrees.
Stofile yesterday refused to comment, saying the matter was “still being dealt with internally”.
The Dispatch understands her case was reported to the public protector.
In his award, CCMA commissioner Bheki Msiza said the overlooking of Stofile “constituted unfair labour practice”.
Mrara, who doubles as SACP provincial chairman, could not be reached yesterday.
The provincial ANC leadership conducted its own internal investigation into the matter.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane yesterday said the party had found “nothing wrong” with the mother of Mrara’s daughter taking up a post in his office “as all recruitment processes were correctly followed” by the panel responsible for such recruitment.
“We did not see anything wrong in the recruitment process.”
He said the ANC did not condone the failure to prioritise qualified people, especially those who were part of the system, “especially if they meet requirements”.
Asked about implications of the CCMA ruling, Mabuyane said he was not aware of the ruling.
“That report has not been brought to our attention. However she is not employed by us, but the ANC caucus at that institution.”
Despite the legislature initially saying the matter was between the ANC caucus and their aggrieved employee, the ANC caucus was represented in the CCMA hearing by the legislature’s legal team.
Legislature spokeswoman Bulelwa Ganyaza had not respond to questions by print deadline.
CCMA orders ANC to employ woman
This was the ruling of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which the Dispatch saw yesterday.
Last year the caucus hired the girlfriend of party and legislature chief whip Mzoleli Mrara, who is also the mother of his 11-year-old love child.
In a ruling dated April 21, the CCMA ordered Mrara’s office to hire the party’s human resources practitioner, Nozikhungo Stofile, as a party researcher, and to backdate her salary to April last year.
The ruling comes after Stofile complained about being unfairly overlooked for one of three ANC caucus research practitioner posts on offer. Of the three lucrative posts on offer:
lMrara’s girlfriend got one;
lA person without a valid matric got the second post; and
lThe appointment of the third post went to an acceptable candidate.
The post given to the candidate without a matric certificate was later reversed after Stofile and another ANC caucus employee lodged formal complaints.
Both Stofile and the other applicant possess postgraduate degrees.
Stofile yesterday refused to comment, saying the matter was “still being dealt with internally”.
The Dispatch understands her case was reported to the public protector.
In his award, CCMA commissioner Bheki Msiza said the overlooking of Stofile “constituted unfair labour practice”.
Mrara, who doubles as SACP provincial chairman, could not be reached yesterday.
The provincial ANC leadership conducted its own internal investigation into the matter.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane yesterday said the party had found “nothing wrong” with the mother of Mrara’s daughter taking up a post in his office “as all recruitment processes were correctly followed” by the panel responsible for such recruitment.
“We did not see anything wrong in the recruitment process.”
He said the ANC did not condone the failure to prioritise qualified people, especially those who were part of the system, “especially if they meet requirements”.
Asked about implications of the CCMA ruling, Mabuyane said he was not aware of the ruling.
“That report has not been brought to our attention. However she is not employed by us, but the ANC caucus at that institution.”
Despite the legislature initially saying the matter was between the ANC caucus and their aggrieved employee, the ANC caucus was represented in the CCMA hearing by the legislature’s legal team.
Legislature spokeswoman Bulelwa Ganyaza had not respond to questions by print deadline.
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