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Cape Times reports that the review application by the Presidency to overturn the lifting of the suspension of Public Works and Infrastructure director-general Sam Vukela will be heard in the Labour Court next week.
Vukela was suspended in July 2020 in connection with awarding contracts for state funerals and the controversial Beitbridge border post. However, he challenged his suspension in the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council (GPSSBC). In April, the GPSSBC ordered Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille to lift the suspension of Vukela as he had been suspended for more than the prescribed 60-day period. Gungubele subsequently filed papers to review and set aside the award. The matter has been set down for 14 June. According to the head of legal services, Geoffrey Mphaphuli, Gungubele challenged the award taking into consideration the seriousness of the charges levelled against Vukela. Briefing MPs, he said the arbitration award did not take into account the investigation and was more about procedural matters. He acknowledged that the suspension had been too long and that the council had concluded that the disciplinary proceeding chairperson had no basis not to continue with the hearing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mayibongwe Maqhina at Cape Times
- Read too, Gungubele to challenge bargaining council’s decision on suspended public works DG, at TimesLive
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