MHLONGO’S SUSPENSION UNNECESSARY – MINISTER

LOBAMBA – The suspension of the Municipal Council of Mbabane Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gideon Mhlongo, was not necessary.

For Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phiwayinkhosi Mabuza, there was nothing that warranted the suspension of Mhlongo. Instead, both the councillors and Mhlongo should have met and sorted out whatever issues that led to his eventual suspension. The minister was speaking during the adoption of a Parliamentary motion without notice, where MPs demanded that he clarified why he was interfering in the administration of the capital city.

Interestingly, Mabuza did not dwell on the exact reasons that led to Mhlongo’s suspension.

Contract

The minister has been accused of having sent one of the ministry’s officers, Tito Simelane who holds the position of Director of Urban Government, to allegedly interfere in the discussion of Mhlongo’s contract by councillors.
Simelane, according to the MPs, did not just sit in the public gallery of the conference room, but literally joined the councillors as they discussed the issue of Mhlongo’s contract.

The MPs said as the discussion went on, he not only disturbed the proceedings but demanded certain documents, saying they were needed at the ministry.
Before the adoption of the report, MPs debated it, with most of them demanding some clarifications on what the minister had said.
MP Patrick ‘Pha’ Motsa demanded to know if the suspension of Mhlongo would not have legal implications.

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