SABS CE loses fight to remain on board
CE Boni Mehlomakulu says Rob Davies, who axed the board, acted on ‘misinformation’
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) CEO Boni Mehlomakulu’s efforts to fight her removal from the organisation’s board faltered in the High Court in Pretoria this week. The SABS plays a critical role in testing products and giving its stamp of approval of their quality and safety. Earlier in July, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies dismissed the SABS board and replaced it with three officials from his department as administrators. This was after Davies, in June, issued a notice of his intention to suspend the board, which included Mehlomakulu. Three board members resigned after receiving the notice, while other board members made collective and individual responses to it. The decision to remove the board and place the organisation under administration followed complaints that it was dysfunctional and poorly managed. There were allegations that the SABS issued an irregular certificate of approval for noncompliant coal delivered by Tegeta’s Brakfontein mine to Eskom. It emerge...
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