Former CEDA employees,DCEC add to Thamane’s woes
Friday, January 24, 2025 | 1620 Views |
Under siege: Thamane’s problems have increased as former employees accuse him of various misdeeds.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
As if that is not enough, Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) is on his radar. DCEC's mouthpiece Nlayadzi Gambule only went as far as confirming that they are investigating Thamane and CEDA.
Some former employees of the under fire Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency (CEDA) this week submitted a petition to the Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship alleging abuse and harassment by CEDA management. In a petition received by the Assistant Minister, Baratiwa Mathoothe, the former employees lamented that they were wrongfully expelled from work for various reasons and want their way back in or compensation. The former employees also lament that some of them lost their properties in dubious court actions. It has also emerged that a number of former employees still have various cases before courts against the agency mostly emerging as a consequence of a policy where all employees who leave the agency whether by choice or fired were obliged to settle their loans.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...