SA Weather Service CEO fired

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Pretoria - Chief executive officer of the South African Weather Service Dr Linda Makuleni has been fired, leaving behind allegations of corruption and an ongoing investigation into her conduct.

The head of the country’s foremost weather forecast and climate organisation has been at the centre of controversy since 2009. This was when the public protector and auditors were called in to investigate multiple tenders suspected to have been awarded without following proper procedures.

But matters came to a head last week when she was told to go home, five months before the end of her contract.

Department of Environmental Affairs spokesman Albie Modise promised to give more clarity on the matter on Wednesday, but had not done so by late Wednesday.
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More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/sa-weather-service-ceo-fired-2088781
 
Has this dark cloud any silver linings?
Replacement another corrupt cadre I bet as the sky is the limit for cadres.
 
Didn't even know the weather service had any funds worth stealing :wtf:

What's next? I'm struggling to dream up a corruption scenario so unrealistic that it couldn't actually happen, only in ZA!
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
Didn't even know the weather service had any funds worth stealing :wtf:

What's next? I'm struggling to dream up a corruption scenario so unrealistic that it couldn't actually happen, only in ZA!
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Easy. R600 a light bulb.... oh..wait.
 
Was expecting to read that she had been fired for the bad weather we have been having.
 
P924 said:
Was expecting to read that she had been fired for the bad weather we have been having.
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She failed to tell the ministers where lightning came from and why it targeted black people
 
A few years ago they said they will investigate who causes this lightning... now we know who they found was NOT causing this lightning. :p
 
Fired for failure to report rascist, colonial storms. Too busy raiding coffers to keep an eye on the damn rascist storms
 
Sean008 said:
Fired for failure to report rascist, colonial storms. Too busy raiding coffers to keep an eye on the damn rascist storms
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They CANT fire her for that, not until the task force the guavament formed to investigate "Where this thing lightning" comes from, has reached a conclusion.
 
Nothing in the article surprises me (widely reported previously), only the fact that she has been fired!

A friend of mine (meteorologist) said the work environment was toxic, before he left. Their fancy website sucked big time!
 
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Gordon_R said:
Nothing in the article surprises me (widely reported previously), only the fact that she has been fired!

A friend of mine (meteorologist) said the work environment was toxic, before he left. Their fancy website sucked big time!
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Yes. Noticed they could never get the Moonrise/Moonset times right. I addressed it with them several times.
 
the CFO has been given a golden handshake... I wonder if its also related to this
 
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