Minister Kubayi says DDG was not dismissed for being ‘stuck in the lift for an hour’ incident

PHUTI MOSOMANE

Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says contrary to media reports her DDG for corporate services Nelly Letsholonyane, wasn’t unlawfully dismissed because the Minister got stuck in the lift for an hour in April this year.

In a statement released on Monday Kubayi says she firmly believes that Letsholonyane was presented with several allegations of misconduct and afforded an opportunity to make a written representation as to why she should not be dismissed.

It is reported that Kubayi summarily terminated Letsholonyane’s contract after she got stuck in the lift and blamed her DDG for her mishap and charged her with misconduct.

Kubayi is alleged to have posted on her WhatsApp group that she was stuck in the lift and that the ‘responsible person had already left work’.

Letsholonyane, after seeing the message, took steps to get a technician from the lift company to fix the problem, reports say.

Nevertheless