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The Citizen reports that National Arts Council (NAC) interim CEO Marion Mbina-Mthembu, who was fired with immediate effect on Monday, has hit back at the NAC in another eventful episode of the crisis engulfing the arts agency.
The NAC is an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture. Mbina-Mthembu on Wednesday approached the CCMA to challenge her dismissal. She was appointed in September last year, after interim CEO Julie Diphofa went on sick leave. Diphora took over from former CEO Rosemary Mangope, who left after striking a deal with the NAC while facing a disciplinary process. Diphofa was never returned to her post after she returned to work. Instead, Mbina-Mthembu was allowed to continue as interim CEO. Now, Diphofa is being brought back into the saddle as interim CEO following Mbina-Mthembu’s departure. According to insiders, Mbina-Mthembu fell out with chairperson Celenhle Dlamini after she was instructed to fire capacity building manager Tshepo Mashiane on his first day at work. In an email dated 16 August 2022 sent to Dlamini and council members, Mbina-Mthembu informed them that she would be reporting all wasteful expenditure incurred by the NAC to the Auditor-General and Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Sports and Culture. Inside sources indicate that she was fired immediately after she sent the email. Mbina-Mthembu is also said to have ruffled feathers when she started examining why R65 million meant to fund artists was allegedly sent to the NAC account at the SA Reserve Bank to earn huge interest, while executives claimed previously that there was no cash for funding. Two weeks ago, council members Linda Mvanana and Dlamini’s deputy Phumzile Zitumane tendered their resignations one after the other.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at The Citizen
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