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Johannesburg – A senior Mpumalanga government official has alleged that Premier Refilwe Maria Mtshweni-Tsipane is “prosecuting” her after she refused to name the wives of the politician’s protectors and relatives as new traffic officers in the province.
The head of department in the department of community security, protection and liaison, Busi Nkuna, sent a scathing letter to the prime minister last Friday after she was threatened with suspension for refusing to close the Mpumalanga traffic schools and send the 125 recruits home because it did not include the names on the Mtshweni-Tsipane list.
Nkuna in her letter to the prime minister, seen by the Sunday Independent, reminded Mtshweni-Tsipane how she was summoned to the politician’s house in Midrand in January this year and criticized because the names of more than 120 people that the prime minister supposedly wanted to recruit. it did not make the final list because some of them did not even have enrollment certificates or were over the required age limit.
In his letter, Nkuna told the prime minister that he has no problem if the prime minister wants to institute “disciplinary hearings” against him because “maybe that would be a suitable platform where they would listen to me, because I have a lot to say.” . “
He added in his letter that: “According to me, the recruitment and selection process was lawful.”
Nkuna challenged the prime minister to give evidence on “what went wrong in the recruitment and selection process”, as well as “which of these recruits do not qualify for appointment.”
He then asked the prime minister, in his letter: “Are you prosecuting me because the prime minister, through Mr. N Molelekoa, gave me a list of names of candidates that the panel needed to recommend regardless of the fact that they did not qualify?”
The prime minister’s spokesman, Sibongile Mkani-Mpolweni, said yesterday that the prime minister was not prepared to comment on internal correspondence between an employer and an employee.
“The prime minister’s office observes, with great disappointment, the spread of correspondence between employer and employee. The prime minister’s office will not comment on the content of the correspondence out of respect for the principle of confidentiality that defines the employer-employee relationship between the executive authority and the accountant ”.
Mkani-Mpolweni also declined to comment on the nature of the relationship between Molelekoa and the prime minister.
Yesterday, Nkuna confirmed that he did send the letter to the prime minister, but he vehemently denied having leaked it to the media.
“I can confirm that I am the author of the letter, but I suspect that the leak came from the prime minister’s office to blame me because they just informed me that they would charge me for disseminating that letter,” Nkuna said.
Nkuna added that he supports the content of his letter that Molelekoa allegedly gave him names of people close to the prime minister who were supposed to be recruited as new traffic officers in the province.
“I am the accountant for the department and I am convinced that we nominated the right candidates after the panel went through a legitimate recruitment and selection process.”
Nkuna declined to comment on allegations that the names Molelekoa sent her for recruitment were sent via WhatsApp.
“I have all the evidence and will only send it to the relevant authority or the independent panel that would be appointed to investigate the matter.”
EFF leader in the province, Collen Sedibe, confirmed yesterday that they have opened a fraud and corruption case against the prime minister at the Nelspruit police station after receiving a tip about Mtshweni-Tshipane’s alleged list of people he wanted them to be recruited as new traffic officers.
“The information at our disposal suggests that the people the prime minister wanted to recruit included two wives of her protectors, four relatives of her protectors and relatives of someone who worked in the human resources section of her office,” Sedibe said.
Sedibe said he also saw Nkuna’s letter to the prime minister, which strengthens his case against the prime minister.
“We understand that the prime minister wants all candidates who were selected through a legitimate recruitment process to be expelled from the university because they do not include the people she recommended should be appointed.”
Independent Sunday
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