TimesLIVE reports that misconduct charges have been dropped against two Robben Island Museum (RIM) officials who were due to face a disciplinary hearing this week.

A statement from the museum on Wednesday said the museum council had written to the employees advising them that charges had been withdrawn. The statement indicated that allegations of mismanagement made by the Ex-Political Prisoners’ Association were investigated in 2020, and legal advice suggested disciplinary steps. “Charges of misconduct were brought against two RIM officials, and it was contemplated that a disciplinary inquiry would ensue on June 21 and 22,” the statement noted. However, the two employees submitted documents to investigators, and after they were assessed against the evidence that council witnesses were expected to give at the disciplinary hearing, fresh legal advice was sought. On the basis of that advice, the council took the decision to discontinue the disciplinary process. Museum council chairperson Khensani Maluleke described the outcome as “a victory and a huge relief for the council and management of Robben Island Museum”.

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