Unions and DA cheer director-general Mkuseli Apleni's exit
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba praises Apleni’s contribution, but the Public Servants Association says Apleni was unfit
Trade unions representing workers at the Department of Home Affairs, together with the DA, on Monday said the resignation of director-general Mkuseli Apleni was a relief and long overdue. Apleni said on Monday he was leaving at the end of July to join Discovery Bank. Speaking to reporters in Pretoria, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba praised Apleni’s contribution to improving financial management and service delivery at the department since his appointment in 2009. In contrast to Gigaba’s stance, the Public Servants Association (PSA) said Apleni was unfit to head the department. Tension between the director-general and unions came to head in 2017 during a protracted court battle over the department’s unilateral change of its working hours, which forced employees to report for duty on weekends. "Apleni … will unfortunately be remembered by the PSA for especially his unfair implementation of weekend working hours without compensation for employees of the department. "He misused tax...
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