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TimesLive reports that the institutional labour caucus (ILC) at Tembisa Hospital has rejected the precautionary suspension of CEO Dr Ashley Mthunzi.
The caucus comprises shop stewards of the Public Servants Association and National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union. On Friday, the Gauteng government said it had placed Mthunzi and Gauteng health department CFO Lerato Madyo on precautionary suspension to ensure they did not impede an investigation into allegations of improper procurement and payment of service providers at the hospital. However, the ILC indicated on Monday: “The suspension of Dr Ashley Mthunzi was implemented on the back of our demand to meet the premier regarding attacks on the person of the CEO and the hospital. We also wished to discuss the deliberate silence of the head of department (HOD) Dr Nomonde Nolutshungo and the [health] MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi on media reports assassinating the character of the CEO.” The ILC said it had written to Makhura seeking a meeting on the issue and in the letter “we warned him against taking any drastic decision on the CEO matter. But, instead, he issued a media statement to place the CEO, Dr Mthunzi, on precautionary suspension pending an investigation. The ILC rejects this suspension with the contempt it deserves.” The ILC said Makhura had undermined organised labour and the rule of law because a CEO of a hospital was appointed by and reported to the office of the HOD and not the premier. The ILC called on the department to engage labour on this issue.
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