Court orders Finance PS to apologise to axed employee
Friday, October 24, 2025 | 680 Views |
The court further ordered that Bleskit be reinstated to her employment PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This was after Justice Modiri Letsididi found that Kganetsano had caused distress and embarrassment to Katamelo Deborah Bleskit as a result of the unlawful and procedurally flawed decision to retire her on medical grounds without a medical assessment.
Letsididi recently ordered that Kganetsano's decision in his capacity as Permanent Secretary, as well as the decision maker who took the impugned decision dated 14th April 2025, retiring Bleskit from the public service on medical grounds, be reviewed and set aside, and/or declared a nullity.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...