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SowetanLive reports that more than 50 employees who bought posts through a jobs-for-cash scam at a Gauteng hospital have been allowed to remain as employees of the facility after they exposed senior officials who were implicated in the illegal operation.
This was indicated by Jerry Mosasane, spokesperson for Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto. Meanwhile, the Hawks are also investigating the scandal. According to Mosasane, 111 disciplinary hearings were conducted at the hospital after reports that officials were selling posts for nurses, porters and clerks for amounts ranging from R2,500 to R10,000. Mosasane said 52 people who had bought the posts were allowed to remain as employees after they co-operated with authorities by identifying senior officials who were involved in the scam. The senior officials included a deputy director for nursing who was acting CEO of the facility at the time, human resources officials and line managers. "Two employees were dismissed for job selling whereas five employees implicated in job selling were charged with misconduct and resigned in the face of disciplinary action. Three employees resigned during the investigation phase, while one resigned owing to a mental illness immediately after the resumption of the investigation," Mosasane said. DA shadow MEC for health Jack Bloom said he was concerned that a majority of the people implicated in the scam had kept their jobs.
- Read this report by Zoë Mahopo in full at SowetanLive
- See too, More than 100 jobs-for-cash cases at Soweto hospital, at News24
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