Suspended Ingonyama Trust Board staff battle to clear their names

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who were suspended seven years ago are still waiting for the charges against them to be formally withdrawn, despite being reinstated to their posts at the end of 2021.in August 2016 over alleged insubordination, negligence and falsification of information relating to a number of commercial leases issued during 2015.

They have been waiting since then for the ITB to compensate them for their ordeal; to settle their legal bills and to formally withdraw the charges against them. They have now turned to the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development,In an email to Mandela, Msani said that since their return to work, they had not undergone any induction regarding changes that took place at the ITB in their absence, nor had their situation been addressed.

“The previous chairperson of ITB who suspended us is no longer in ITB office and now we are totally stressed and depressed as to why these charges against us are not yet being withdrawn because we were not found guilty,” Msani said. The group was suspended under the tenure of the ITB chief executive officer FIkisiwe Madlopha, allegedly as part of a plan to replace them with officials closer to Madlopha and Ngwenya.

“The board has had to look at whether their continued suspension can still be justified. Following deliberations, the board decided to lift the suspension and recall the affected employees to resume their duties,” Mngwengwe said. Last June, Mngwengwe wrote to the staff members saying that they would make a formal proposal to the ITB’s human resources committee when it next met.

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