Sunday Independent reports that the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha is being crippled by the continued appointment of acting CEOs and rampant failure to adhere to labour laws.  

The institution, which houses gifts and awards Mandela received during his presidency, is also hamstrung with bloated management and the fact that some of its employees do not even have job descriptions.  Employees are also haphazardly placed and not properly remunerated.  An unprotected strike over salary negotiations dragged on for three weeks, resulting in the management awarding a 7% salary increase to all employees, including managers.  All this was revealed in an arts and culture portfolio committee report which is being processed in Parliament.  The report was compiled after the oversight committee visited the Eastern Cape-based museum in September last year.  The committee has recommended that appointment of the CEO be speeded up and that the museum should adhere to labour laws.

• Read this report by Mayibongwe Maqhina in full at Sunday Independent

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