Controversial home affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni quits
Malusi Gigaba praised Apleni’s contribution to improving financial management and service delivery at the department since 2009
Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni is leaving the public service for Discovery Bank, he said on Monday. He confirmed the move after Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba announced that Apleni would leave his post at the end of July. Speaking to reporters in Pretoria on Monday, Gigaba praised Apleni’s contribution to improving financial management and service delivery at the Department of Home Affairs since his appointment in 2009. The move comes just months after Apleni’s grueling battle to hold onto his job in the department after then minister Hlengiwe Mkhize suspended him. Mkhize had accused him of insubordination and a breakdown in relations among other charges, which he successfully fought in court. He was reinstated to the department in November 2017.
Gigaba said on Monday that he supported Apleni during this time, saying the events were “unfortunate”, as well as comments by Mkhize that the director-general was “unstable”. “For someone that has been at Home Affai...
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