Six managers of the Department of Public Works and Road in North West Province have been put on suspension on alleged acts of misconduct.
According to Matshube Mfoloe, spokesperson of the NW Department of Public Works and Roads, says the following six senior managers have been suspended: Kenneth Gill (Director District Operation), Lazarus Kagiso Mokgosi, Collette Antony and Thabo Ndlovu (district managers), Alfred Mafune (Director Roads Planning and Design- currently Acting Chief Director Road Infrastructure), and Mbulelo Tundzi (Director of Community-based Programmes which deals primarily with coordination of Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).
“The suspensions come hard on the heels of the conclusion of a government-commissioned forensic investigation by the private company, Open Waters, which began its probe in December 2014.
“It is unprecedented that more than one-fifth of the top management team of a government department gets suspended almost simultaneously on more or less similar alleged acts of misconduct. The department is of the view that the action taken to date against the six senior managers is part of consequence management aimed at putting in place corrective measures.
“The department has also put contingency measures in place to ensure that the suspension of the five does not affect the rendering of service delivery to communities.
“The department could neither deny nor confirm or even speculate if more employees could be implicated in the forensic report whether more officials were likely to be suspended following the reports’ findings and recommendation,” says Matshube.
