D-Day for Muthambi’s top three officials
The public service minister has served notices of suspension on her director-general, his deputy and the finance chief, apparently due to their tough stance on financial controls
The top three officials in the department of Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi’, including its director-general and chief financial officer, have until Friday to give her reasons why they should not be suspended. Muthambi is said to have served director-general Mashwahle Diphofa‚ finance chief Masilo Makhura and deputy director-general for administration Linda Shange with suspension notices on Wednesday, effective from Friday. It is understood Muthambi decided to suspend the officials because they had opposed the direction in which she wanted to take the department and took a tough stance on fiscal control. The department is meant to set the tone for other government departments on administrative matters. The minister is said to be unhappy with the refusal of Diphofa and Makhura to make funds available for her izimbizo programmes or road shows. The Sunday Times reported in June that Muthambi had stripped Diphofa of his powers to run the department after he an...
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