Suspended head of the Eastern Cape education department Dr Naledi Mbude has been languishing at home for a year on her annual salary of R1.8m while the department is playing musical chairs with acting department heads and at least 31 acting senior managers. The department has acknowledged in an internal memorandum in possession of the Dispatch that this leadership vacuum and lack of continuity of service in senior management is having a “negative effect” on its performance.
In a report released on Thursday, the commission revealed that out of 167 precautionary suspensions issued during the 2021/22 financial year, 51 were from Correctional Services, while 56 were from the SAPS.
Public Service Commission (PSC) Commissioner, Anele Gxoyiya, says the Commission has observed excessive delays in the handling of precautionary suspensions following misconduct proceedings in the Public Service.