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IOL reports that the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng has again placed its municipal manager Lucky Leseane on suspension for undisclosed reasons, notwithstanding the country facing municipal elections within the next two weeks.
Emfuleni Local Municipality’s mayoral spokesperson Lebo Mofokeng on Tuesday dismissed social media reports that Leseane had been fired and indicated instead: “The Emfuleni Local Council in its sitting held on the July 29 resolved to put Mr Leseane on precautionary suspension pending consideration of an investigation report into allegations of serious misconduct and poor performance.” She, however, did not disclose the contents of the allegations against Leseane saying the report was tabled as confidential. Leseane confirmed he had been placed on precautionary suspension. He said he was still waiting for the investigation report, but would co-operate if the investigators had found anything against him. He indicated that he had joined the municipality in March last year and that his performance had not this year been assessed. Last year in October, Leseane had been placed on suspension by the same municipality, but the Labour Court in Braamfontein overturned it in November. The court’s decision followed after Leseane filed an urgent application challenging the decision of the council to place him on suspension without an option of summoning him for a disciplinary hearing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Baldwin Ndaba at IOL
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