A former director of the water affairs department has been drawing a R3 million salary following his suspension two years ago, the Sunday Independent reported.<\/p>\n
Maxwell Sirenya clashed with the then water affairs minister Edna Molewa over a R419 million tender in 2013, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n
The information technology contract for Business Connexion pitted Molewa and former public administration minister Lindiwe Sisulu against each other, with Serenya in the middle.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper, Molewa and Sisulu clashed over whether Molewa was right in invoking the law to award the tender to Business Connexion.<\/p>\n
“It started in February 2013. I am not at work. I am at home, I am being paid for doing nothing,” Serenya was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
His case was not unique and many director generals have found themselves in a similar situation, he told the publication.<\/p>\n
Mokonyane’s chief of staff Collin Pitso told the newspaper that the matter was close to being settled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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