Staff Reporter
The Mail & Guardian and its former Political Editor Matuma Letsoalo have reached a settlement after he took the newspaper to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for unfair dismissal.
The M&G announced in December that it has terminated Letsoalo’s employment contract, claiming he failed to disclose his business interests.
However, Letsoalo took the matter to the CCMA, pointing out that he has always declared his business interests to the employer and his former editors as required by the Editorial Code of Ethics.
At the CCMA this week, the M&G made a financial settlement offer to Letsoalo for his unfair dismissal case.
The CCMA is an independent dispute resolution body established in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995, to resolve workplace disputes between employees and their employers.
Letsoalo, a multi-award winning journalist, is not lost to journalism completely.
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