Icasa theft suspect runs into trouble at AGs office
Bridget Mohlala, who is under investigation for the theft of R110 000 from a safe during her tenure as CFO of Icasa, has been placed under preventative suspension by her new employer, the Auditor-General (AG).
The Auditor-General is investigating certain transactions within its transactional and operational management unit, headed by Bridget Mohlala, AG spokesperson Africa Boso is quoted as saying in a report on the ITWeb site. He explained the AG put Mohlala under preventative suspension with full pay, from October 2006, when the investigation began. This is aimed at protecting Ms Mohlala from any perception that she might interfere with the internal investigation if she is at work during this process, he added. The AG employed Mohlala as the business executive of its transactional and operational management unit in December 2005. She resigned from Icasa in November 2005.
Full ITWeb report
The investigation into the missing R110 000 is proving costly for taxpayers. Jackie Manche, who resigned as CE of Icasa after allegations that she violated the Public Finance Management Act, has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of rands over the past year. As reported previously in Legalbrief Today, her resignation, effective from December 22, came two months after she resumed her duties following a 10-month suspension on full pay. Manches remuneration for the financial year to March 31 2005 was R76 473 per month, while her salary for the 2005/06 financial year was R77 352 a month (R928 229 for the year). Thus a 10-month suspension with full pay equated to somewhere between R 700 000 and R 800 000. A report on the MyADSL site highlights the irony in the fact her pay while she was under suspension amounted to a lot more than the stolen R110 000 which led to the investigation.
Full report on the MY ASDLE site
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