STAFF REVOLT
CCMA blamed for ‘hostile work environment’
Employee revolt at the labour dispute resolution agency’s headquarters follows allegations of purges, mismanagement and victimisation
Just over a year into his term as director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), Cameron Morajane has been accused by some subordinates of creating a hostile work environment. Along with some of his newly appointed senior managers, Morajane is facing an employee revolt at the labour dispute resolution agency’s headquarters in Johannesburg after allegations of purges, mismanagement and victimisation. The CCMA governing body launched a probe into complaints after the staffers reported their grievances to Deputy Labour Minister Nkosi Patekile Holomisa. In 2015, then CCMA director Nerine Kahn resigned after a forensic investigation revealed irregularities involved in the R66m lease agreement the CCMA entered into with Aquasky for its Durban office.Morajane told Business Day that the complaints could be part of the fallout resulting from action he took based on the findings of the investigation. He claimed his life was being threatened by unidentified indi...
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