Schalk Human did not ask to be moved from his position in Treasury
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba moved Human and two others last week, saying it was necessary to rotate people who had been in acting positions for too long
Schalk Human, the treasury official acting in the critical position of chief procurement officer, who was moved back to his old job last Friday by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba, had not recently asked to be moved, he said on Tuesday. Human said a couple of months ago he had suggested that the position was so important that it should be filled with a permanent appointment. He has been acting in the role since the retirement of Kenneth Brown at the end of June 2016. Human was one of three officials moved back to their old jobs by Gigaba. The others were Lindy Bodewig, who had been acting as the head of the project management office for the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), and acting accountant-general Jayce Nair. In his letters to the three, Gigaba had said the move was motivated by the need to rotate people who had been in acting positions for too long. However, director-general Dondo Mogajane also said in an interview that he wanted "a new injection" into the IFMS pro...
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