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Netwerk24 reports that Mildred Oliphant, Minister of Labour, threw all legal requirements overboard in 2013 when she appointed Daniel Dube as chairperson of the council of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
She entered into a five year employment contract with Dube, while the law prescribes a maximum period of three in respect of the post. Thembinkosi Mkalipi, deputy director-general of labour, said on Friday that the appointment for five years was a plain mistake and that Dube had worked his last day in the post on 13 October. But, the CCMA’s spokesperson Lusanda Majola knew nothing about that and when asked said: “He (Dube) is still there as always. She asked for further questions to be submitted in writing. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans)
- Read this report by Jan de Lange in full in Afrikaans at Netwerk24 (limited access)
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