President Cyril Ramaphosa Transfers Human Settlements DG Mbulelo Tshangana After Fallout With Kubayi.. President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered that human settlements director-general Mbulelo Tshangana be transferred to another department after a breakdown in the relationship between him and minister Mmamoloko Kubayi.
In a statement released on Saturday afternoon Tshangana, who was prepared to challenge Kubayi’s decision, said: “I will continue to occupy my post as the director-general of the department of human settlements, and carry out and perform my duties as director-general until the process of the mediation is finalised by the presidency.”
He said he had been forced to clarify his position on the matter after the media reported about the contents of a letter Kubayi wrote to him which purported that she had placed him on special leave pending mediation by the presidency.
He explained that: “The powers and authority to place a director-general on suspension is only vested with the president of the republic, and not with the minister.
“The leak which has resulted in the media reports is condemned in the strongest possible terms and it is clear that it is meant to harm the integrity and character of the director-general. This deliberate media leak is, most worryingly, also meant to undermine the efforts of the president’s mediation process.”
It was not clear on Saturday if Ramaphosa’s decision to transfer him to another role in the public service had been communicated to Tshangana.