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Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has booted out his director-general, Itumeleng Kotsoane, despite initial denials.
And Mziwonke Dlabantu introduced himself to parliamentarians yesterday as acting director-general of the Department of Human Settlements.
Kotsoane will be moved to Public Works, another department which lost a director-general after a tense clash with Minister Geoff Doidge.
It was reported last month that Kotsoane faced the chop.
The Sunday Independent newspaper reported then that Kotsoane was another victim of the political transition as personality clashes and differences between ministers and directors-general lead to the departmental heads biting the dust.
Sexwale was then in discussions with Minister of Public Service and Administration Richard Baloyi about what to do with Kotsoane, with Sexwale apparently expressing his dissatisfaction with his director-general's performance.
Kotsoane confirmed to Independent Newspapers last night that he would leave the department and that Baloyi was working on details of his redeployment.
"I still have my contract until 2011 and the Minister of Public Service has to attend to the matter. I indicated my willingness to leave.
There were discussions with (Sexwale) for a while," said Kotsoane, who played ignorant when quizzed about the matter last month.
He denied he was forced out of his job, but tacitly confirmed that he was a victim of the transition.
"I am not being pushed (out of the department). When a minister is new it's important to give the minister the opportunity (to appoint a top administrator of his choice)," he said.
Kotsoane said he was on leave but would remain with Human Settlements until Baloyi had finalised his relocation to another department.
Sexwale's spokesman Chris Vick confirmed that Kotsoane would leave Human Settlements, but has declined to comment on claims that he would be joining Public Works.
"The minister informed staff on Monday that a new director-general was going to be appointed," said Vick.
A reliable source in the department told Independent Newspapers that Kotsoane's move to public works would be finalised within the next two to four weeks.
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Sexwale axes DG Kotsoane
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has booted out his director-general, Itumeleng Kotsoane, despite initial denials.
And Mziwonke Dlabantu introduced himself to parliamentarians yesterday as acting director-general of the Department of Human Settlements.
Kotsoane will be moved to Public Works, another department which lost a director-general after a tense clash with Minister Geoff Doidge.
It was reported last month that Kotsoane faced the chop.
The Sunday Independent newspaper reported then that Kotsoane was another victim of the political transition as personality clashes and differences between ministers and directors-general lead to the departmental heads biting the dust.
Sexwale was then in discussions with Minister of Public Service and Administration Richard Baloyi about what to do with Kotsoane, with Sexwale apparently expressing his dissatisfaction with his director-general's performance.
Kotsoane confirmed to Independent Newspapers last night that he would leave the department and that Baloyi was working on details of his redeployment.
"I still have my contract until 2011 and the Minister of Public Service has to attend to the matter. I indicated my willingness to leave.
There were discussions with (Sexwale) for a while," said Kotsoane, who played ignorant when quizzed about the matter last month.
He denied he was forced out of his job, but tacitly confirmed that he was a victim of the transition.
"I am not being pushed (out of the department). When a minister is new it's important to give the minister the opportunity (to appoint a top administrator of his choice)," he said.
Kotsoane said he was on leave but would remain with Human Settlements until Baloyi had finalised his relocation to another department.
Sexwale's spokesman Chris Vick confirmed that Kotsoane would leave Human Settlements, but has declined to comment on claims that he would be joining Public Works.
"The minister informed staff on Monday that a new director-general was going to be appointed," said Vick.
A reliable source in the department told Independent Newspapers that Kotsoane's move to public works would be finalised within the next two to four weeks.
* This article was originally published on page 5 of The Cape Argus on November 05, 2009
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