The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has placed its executive director Madoda Vilakazi on precautionary suspension pending an investigation into his leadership at the organisation. The suspension is the second at the labour department entity just months after its highly praised work on the formulation of the national minimum wage policy, which was recently enacted. Although Nedlac would not provide the reasons for the suspension, Business Day understands Vilakazi was suspended for failing to prevent financial mismanagement and incidents of conflict of interest at the entity, while he was also alleged to have been implicated in the irregular appointment of service providers. In November, Vilakazi placed Nedlac CFO Mfanufikile Daza on suspension for allegedly not adhering to the body’s procurement policies, among others. At the time Vilakazi pleaded innocence, saying the financial irregularities at Nedlac were being blown out of proportion. The management comm...
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