National Home Builders' Registration Council (NHBRC) CEO Sipho Mashinini has been put on special leave following allegations of corruption against him, says the organisation.
He was granted "special leave of absence" following a meeting between Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale, NHBRC chairman Vukile Mehana and media reports on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a staff memorandum released to the media.
Mashinini was CEO at the time the NHBRC offered Vanessa Somiah, who was investigating the organisation for corruption, a job with a annual salary of over R1 million.
This was nearly double her pay as leader of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) team tasked to probe allegations of corruption in public housing. She resigned as investigator and joined the council, without telling the SIU where she was going.
While in her new job, she testified at a disciplinary hearing against NHBRC employees who had alerted the SIU to the possible corruption.
Sexwale removed her from her post earlier this week.
According to the memorandum Somiah also remained on special leave.
The council has appointed Jeffrey Mahachi as acting CEO.
Sexwale said on Tuesday that Mashinini would be the subject of further investigations. He said he was in favour of all possible steps being taken against those involved in covering up corruption at the council, including criminal charges.
"I don't want half measures ... I really don't take prisoners on this kind of thing," said the minister.
He said the SIU would repeat its investigation into allegations of corruption at the NHBRC, as the report he had received was clearly "a whitewash" riddled with discrepancies that warranted proper analysis.
SIU head Willie Hofmeyr said this should take two to three months.
- Timeslive
He was granted "special leave of absence" following a meeting between Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale, NHBRC chairman Vukile Mehana and media reports on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a staff memorandum released to the media.
Mashinini was CEO at the time the NHBRC offered Vanessa Somiah, who was investigating the organisation for corruption, a job with a annual salary of over R1 million.
This was nearly double her pay as leader of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) team tasked to probe allegations of corruption in public housing. She resigned as investigator and joined the council, without telling the SIU where she was going.
While in her new job, she testified at a disciplinary hearing against NHBRC employees who had alerted the SIU to the possible corruption.
Sexwale removed her from her post earlier this week.
According to the memorandum Somiah also remained on special leave.
The council has appointed Jeffrey Mahachi as acting CEO.
Sexwale said on Tuesday that Mashinini would be the subject of further investigations. He said he was in favour of all possible steps being taken against those involved in covering up corruption at the council, including criminal charges.
"I don't want half measures ... I really don't take prisoners on this kind of thing," said the minister.
He said the SIU would repeat its investigation into allegations of corruption at the NHBRC, as the report he had received was clearly "a whitewash" riddled with discrepancies that warranted proper analysis.
SIU head Willie Hofmeyr said this should take two to three months.
- Timeslive
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