Powers of reinstated communications director-general ‘are being negotiated’
Communications Minister Yunus Carrim lifts suspension of department’s director-general, Rosey Sekese COMMUNICATIONS Minister Yunus Carrim has lifted the suspension of the department’s director-general, Rosey Sekese, six months after she was accused of misleading Parliament over her performance agreement for 2012-13.During a presentation to MPs on the department’s annual report last year, Ms Sekese said she had signed a performance contract for that financial year, but it later emerged that she had still to sign it. Subsequently, Ms Sekese had most of her functions stripped and delegated to Gift Buthelezi, a deputy director-general.Contacted for comment on Wednesday, Ms Sekese referred all questions to department spokesman Siya Qoza who confirmed that the director-general had reassumed her full duties.Mr Carrim, formerly co-operative government and traditional affairs deputy minister, took over the Department of Communications following a Cabinet reshuffle in June.He is quoted by ind...
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