Minister Faith Muthambi is sending long-serving staff into ‘exile’
Muthambi has forced the transfer of her director-general to another department following a breakdown in their working relationship — and he is not the first
Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi has forced the transfer of her director-general to the Department of Traditional Affairs following an apparent breakdown in their working relationship.This emerged on Tuesday in an internal memorandum sent to the department’s staff by Muthambi’s office‚ in which she informs them that Mashwahle Diphofa would be moving to traditional affairs with effect from February 1.Diphofa had been on extended leave since October. Sources at the department described the leave as "imposed exile" by Muthambi after she refused that Diphofa be allowed to return to work when his annual leave ended in November last year.Diphofa took the October leave after he and Muthambi clashed over the running and financial management of the department‚ a stand-off that saw the Public Service Commission and the Presidency being forced to intervene."You are further notified that the director-general‚ Mr Mashwahle Diphofa‚ with his consent and on the approval of...
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