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Sunday World reports that a senior manager at state-owned entity Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) is facing sexual harassment charges for allegedly spanking a junior female employee and forcing her to perform oral sex on him at their offices.
The employee has written a complaint to the company’s COO Josia Manyakoana, and copied in three other bosses who are in employee relations, human capital and governance risk and compliance in ATNS. The complainant also copied Barend Smit of trade union Solidarity in her complaint. In the complaint sent on 7 February, the woman who works at ATNS head office in Bruma, claimed that her boss Simon Zwane, who is the head of air traffic management services, made unsavoury sexual comments since she joined ATNS. She said there was a culture within ATNS where males in management have made it the norm that for junior females to progress, there must be some sort of transaction, such as sexual favours. The Sunday World report details the further incidents of alleged spanking and fellatio. The young woman sought professional help and was hospitalised for December 2024 and January 2025 due to major depression. She is currently booked off from work from February to August by her doctors, who comprise a psychiatrist and psychologist. ATNS chairperson Zola Majavu confirmed the matter had been brought to the attention of the board. ATNS spokesperson Mphilo Dlamini said the company has instituted an independent investigation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bongani Mdakane on page 9 of Sunday World of 23 February 20925
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