ANA reports that the union representing workers in Parliament on Tuesday demanded an independent probe into the national legislature’s secretary, Gengezi Mgidlana, whom they accused of corruption and maladministration.
Mgidlana this past weekend released a statement in which he slammed the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) of character assassination, saying the union’s claims that he erroneously awarded himself a bursary and a bonus of R70,000 were “misleading and disingenuous”. Nehawu, which is currently engaged in a dispute with Mgidlana and senior management over the 2017 salary increases, hit back on Tuesday and said it would provide documentary proof of Mgidlana’s transgressions. Nehawu regional secretary Baxolise Mali weighed in, asking presiding officers to stop treating Mgidlana like “a golden boy”. Mgidlana on Sunday also denied that staff would not get their annual salary increases and appealed to staff to “return to the negotiating table”. The union said its previous meetings with management had been reduced to “tea sessions” with no offers being put on the table.
- Read this report in full at SABC News
- See too, Suspend Mgidlana, or we will remove him, say Parliament’s workers, at News24
- And also, Mmgidlana says allegations of corruption are unfounded slander, at EWN
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