Communications Minister: Mohlala says no to golden handshakes

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 23 August 2010

Communications Minister, Siphiwe Nyanda, should be forced to make space for Mamodupi Mohlala, the Director General of Communications he sacked in July this year. This comes after Mohlala’s refusal to accept two golden handshakes, one made last month worth R1.6m, and the second one made last week worth R2.9m (plus an additional amount of R200 000 to cover any legal costs she may incur).

Taxpayers’ money should not be wasted…

Mohlala has so far refused to accept any golden handshake from government. It’s important to her to earn the money. In addition, she’s adamant that taxpayers’ money should not be wasted to get rid of people.

It is seldom that one finds a government official who has not only refused to go along with corruption, but who has refused two golden handshakes in a row now. Mohlala seeks the reversal of the decision to sack her and a transfer to a suitable post of equal standing elsewhere in the public sector. If this is not a reflection of a person with a high level of integrity then we will certainly be hard pressed to find a more suitable candidate in government. She refused to go along with corruption since it’s no secret that she refused to approve tenders to people with close ties to Nyanda and a company with close ties to him, General Nyanda Security Services (as alleged in a Business Day report). The company is known as Abalozi Security Risk Advisory Services today in which Nyanda’s children have a 45% stake via the Mphephethwa Trust. Nyanda and this very same company were recently implicated in no less than two tender scandals of R55m and R20m respectively.

In other words, Mohlala is clearly not going to take any of it by sitting down, since she feels for one that it's wrong to waste taxpayers' money.

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