Cover-up! Gauteng Health Department falsely denied Tembisa hospital CEO misconduct charge
19 September 2022
The Gauteng Health Department falsely denied that suspended Tembisa Hospital CEO Ashley Mthunzi was appointed as the CEO last year while facing a disciplinary charge that should have disqualified him.
In a written reply to my questions signed on 20 June 2022, Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi denied that Mthunzi had been found guilty on a misconduct charge.
But when I asked a question challenging this denial as I had information, he was given a final written warning for misconduct on 15 September 2021, Mokgethi replied as follows:
“On 15 September 2021, the acting Head of Department, Dr Sibongile Zungu approved recommendations that Dr A Mthunzi should be disciplined for contravening the Recruitment and Selection Policy. The Labour Relations Directorate was supposed to implement the said recommendations.”