Dr Death 'paid to do nothing'

[chiskop]

Dr Death 'paid to do nothing' [news24]

More than 22 months after Dr Wouter Basson's court case was finalised, the defence force still had not taken any decision about his suspension or his career in the defence force.

In these months Basson, the former head of the defence force' s chemical and biological war programme, was still earning a salary of about R50 000 per month gross salary without doing any work as heart surgeon for the defence force.

 

[ajak]

Why pick on him?Years off work... on full pay

While courts in KwaZulu-Natal struggle to cope with massive case backlogs due to staff shortages, the taxpayer has been paying eight suspended prosecutors sitting at home, some for as long as four years. The cost to the taxpayer is estimated at R3-million so far.

One such prosecutor is Ntombezinhle Mthuli, who was sacked three years ago for misconduct. She appealed against her dismissal - and has been awaiting the outcome ever since.

For three years Mthuli, a senior public prosecutor, has been collecting a salary every month, and has even been paid an annual bonus - but has not been allowed to set foot in her office at the Durban magistrate's court. A senior public prosecutor earns from R300 000 to R318 000 a year.


"I've been sitting and doing nothing and time is passing me by. My life has virtually come to a standstill as I cannot apply for another job while I'm on the NPA's (National Prosecuting Authority) payroll... It's frustrating. I appealed against my dismissal but nothing has happened. And I'm not the only one in this position," she said.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20060910094826611C407395

 

[LandyMan]

They will always pick on Dr. Wouter Basson. And you know the best part, he is a normal guy, just like you and me (don't ask how I know this, I just do ).

 

[Vrotappel]

Just another sign of things falling apart. But eish changing names that is very big!