A State IT Agency-appointed law firm has concluded that Mondli Gungubele need not abide by a court judgment ordering that the board the minister fired last year be reinstated.
-appointed law firm has concluded that communications minister Mondli Gungubele need not abide by a high court judgment ordering that the board he fired in July last year be reinstated because the application the minister filed to appeal the decision suspended the order., contradicts the interpretation given by parliamentary legal experts on the matter, who concluded that the minister must abide by the order while awaiting the result of the appeal.
Gungubele hired a new board on 22 July 2023 on an interim basis and a permanent board was appointed in August.According to Tlali, the current situation at Sita is that the old board has not been reinstated, as per the court order, meaning that the board hired by Gungubele in August last year is the accounting authority for the organisation — at least from Sita’s perspective.
“It appears that the part of the order reinstating the dismissed board members is unlikely to be revisited in , which means it has final effect,” it said.Democratic Alliance shadow minister of communications Natasha Mazzone, who sits on the parliamentary portfolio committee for communications & digital technology, said it is concerning that a court has to make a decision on a matter where the entities embroiled in a legal battle are accountable to parliament.
“It is of such national importance that we get to the bottom of what is going on at Sita but the department never allots enough time for the minister to account to the committee. The chairperson of the committee must call a special meeting with Sita and the department; what we require is a sit-down for a full day.”
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