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News24 reports that the suspended spokesperson for the Eastern Cape MEC for Education has apologised after cellphone video footage emerged showing her using strong language against a colleague.
In the video, Vuyiseka Mboxela is seen standing with another woman and pointing her finger at the woman's face while speaking isiXhosa. Mboxela is heard to say, "Don't p*ss me off," and "Don't sh*t on me". In a statement on Saturday, Mboxela said that contrary to what had been widely publicised, her confrontation with a colleague was not about her refusing to greet a fellow worker. The clash was a “culmination of a long and persistent workplace bullyism”, she claimed. Mboxela added: "Sadly, at that moment, I was triggered to an untenable emotional state." She said she would cooperate with the employee wellness programme organised by the provincial education department following the incident, as well as seek professional assistance to deal better with similar occurrences in the future. “I have had a moment of reflection and hereby apologise unreservedly to the MEC, HOD, senior management, staff and all affected within and outside the department,” she said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nkosikhona Duma at News24
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