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    Home»News»Probe into mess at telecoms department

    Probe into mess at telecoms department

    News By Duncan McLeod3 August 2015
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    Rosey Sekese has been given 72 hours to explain why she shouldn't be put on "precautionary leave"
    Rosey Sekese has been given 72 hours to explain why she shouldn’t be put on “precautionary leave”

    The Public Service Commission (PSC) will conduct an inquiry into the management affairs of the department of telecommunications & postal services.

    This comes after telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele approached the PSC for “assistance regarding the role played by senior management, including the director-general, in the dysfunction of the department”, his office said on Monday.

    Cwele said he is considering placing director-general Rosey Sekese on a “precautionary leave of absence” while the probe is carried out.

    “This will merely be a precautionary step and is not a punishment. The director-general will be on full pay during the inquiry,” Cwele emphasised.

    “The minister has in the circumstances requested the director-general to write and submit to him reasons why she should not be placed on precautionary leave of absence. The director-general has been granted 72 hours to submit her reasons to the minister.”

    Department spokesman Thulani Ngubane said Sekese does not intend to comment on the developments, or at least not yet.

    The move by the minister comes as industry players become increasingly frustrated by the problems at the department, which have resulted in new policies, crucial to the sector’s development, never seeing the light of day.

    Cwele said he has received concerns from individuals, including at a senior level, about the “paralysis” within the department, his office said. “The PSC reviewed the concerns and determined that the seriousness thereof warrants an independent inquiry.”

    Cwele has admitted “ongoing leadership challenges” are “negatively affecting” the department’s “ability to execute its functions timeously”.

    Telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele
    Telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele

    Among other things, Cwele wants the independent inquiry to probe “tension” and “destabilisation” in the senior ranks at the department, and the role of Sekese in this.

    He also wants an investigation into the circumstances and the role of Sekese in disciplinary action taken against three deputy directors-general, Gift Buthelezi, Themba Phiri and Sam Vilakazi. Buthelezi and Phiri were fired in recent months, while Vilakazi resigned, but reportedly only after being told that he, too, would be fired.

    The PSC will probe alleged abuse of power and situations of conflict in the relationship with the three DDGs, Cwele said.

    Also to be investigated are the “irregular appointment of two employees to the same post of media liaison officer in the office of the deputy minister”.

    The probe will also look into “reasons for the inaccuracies on the delegations of authority submitted to the former and current minister” by Sekese and the “lawfulness of the application of the delegations of authority by the former minister of communications to [Sekese], dated 19 September 2013”.  — © 2015 NewsCentral Media

    Gift Buthelezi Rosey Sekese Sam Vilakazi Siyabonga Cwele Themba Phiri
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