The Presidency says government has spent more than R10 million on directors-general who were placed on suspension with full pay in the past couple of years.The reply indicates that the DGs were investigated for allegations of misconduct between the 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 financial years.
The Defence and Military Veterans Department director-general , Irene Mpolweni is still on suspension. The suspension of department of public works and infrastructure director-general Samuel Vukela was finalised after two years. DA MP Mimmy Gondwe says, “We have seen a similar problem in the public service where public servants are on suspension for indefinite period. I mean we … come across instances where public servants have been on suspension for a period of up to 10 years or more.”
“So, I’m not surprised that the Presidency is failing to resolve discipline management within a reasonable time.” Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.