Post Office report still not handed over

Mampeule’s lawyer, David Woodhouse, told Business Report: ‘We have asked for it but they instead offered us access to it in some office. We have told them no, we want the full and unedited report given to us. That was the court order.’ Woodhouse was considering applying for a contempt of court order against Matsepe-Casaburri if the Ministry continued to be unco-operative. According to the report, inappropriate and unacceptable comments by Mampeule of November 17 last year were a clear manifestation of the breakdown of his relationship with the board. The report, by Andrew Maralack, of SizweNtsaluba VSP Forensics, said that Mampeule made a public statement that his fight against corruption affected some influential members of the board. Full report in Business Report

The forensic report also found that Mampeule had erred by not telling the board he had laid a criminal complaint against Maanda Manyatshe, his predecessor and former MD of cellphone operator MTN, in February last year, says Business Report. Manyatshe is now suing the Post Office for R120m as a result of an article that appeared in the Mail & Guardian to the effect that Manyatshe and two former Post Office executives were to be charged with fraud. According to Manyatshe\'s lawyer, Barry Aaron, the amount included the share options that Manyatshe forfeited at MTN when he was forced to resign from the cellular operator as a result of the article. The report said: ‘The CE had a fiduciary duty to inform the board members of his intention of lodging a criminal investigation against Manyatshe before he instituted such and gave the basis for such. He signed an affidavit for the above action on 27 February 2006, yet he informed a meeting on 11 June 2006 he felt he did not have authority or comfort to institute civil action. Full report in Business Report