Agriculture director general Mike Mlengana has been suspended due to "governance-related issues"‚ he said. But Mlengana said he had yet to be informed what exactly the charges against him were. "They haven’t charged me‚ so I want to hear from them what are the charges‚" Mlengana told TimesLIVE on Thursday. The agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday that Mlengana had been suspended with immediate effect‚ about a year after he was appointed to great applause. A statement from the ministry did not disclose the specific reasons for the suspension. An acting director general has been appointed. AgriSA on Thursday expressed concern about the gap that would be left by Mlengana’s departure‚ saying that it was important to have a permanent director general in light of the prevailing drought and bird flu outbreak. AgriSA president Johannes Möller said Mlengana had told him on Tuesday that he was headed for a meeting with Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana to "di...
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