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EWN reports that Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Union (Saftu), has rejected a decision to place him on precautionary suspension, pending an investigation into allegations of serious misconduct, as ‘unlawful.
This was in response to a letter giving notice of intention to suspend him, in which he was given until close of business on Thursday to give reasons why he should not be suspended. In his response, Vavi said the ‘so-called decision’ to suspend him with immediate effect had already been taken in his presence at the meeting of the federation’s national office bearers (NoBs) on Tuesday. Vavi claimed no allegations had been put to him in the meeting and questioned why he had not been given full details of the alleged transgression of the administration and finance policy. “Why must I even answer your deliberately vague, spurious, wild, and unsubstantiated allegations. It seems evident that these wild allegations are designed to cast the net wide in order to justify a 'political decision' taken elsewhere, which has nothing to do with the allegations," Vavi asserted. He did, however, indicate that Saftu national treasurer Motshwari Lecogo had presented credit card transactions, including R1,800 airtime, Gautrain and Bolt expenditures. Vavi said he would compile a detailed account of all the transactions and present them to the national finance committee. He also indicated that under the circumstances, he was entitled by law to continue to report for duty as per normal.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Masechaba Sefularo at EWN
- Read too, It’s Zwelinzima Vavi vs Irvin Jim ahead of watershed Saftu NEC meeting, at Sunday Times Daily
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