Water Dept drops stained top official
21 June 2018
OUTA welcomes the removal of Sifiso Mkhize as the acting Director-General (DG) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
He has been replaced by Deborah Mochotlhi who is now acting DG.
“The new appointment serves as a concrete step towards stabilising the leadership crisis in the Department,” says Yamkela Ntola, OUTA’s Portfolio Manager for Water and Environment.
On 8 May 2018, OUTA wrote to the Presidency and the Minister of Water and Sanitation on the challenges at the Department. The purpose of this letter was to, among other things, implore the President and the Minister to remove Mkhize as the acting DG following a report by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AG) as well as serious allegations raised by an anonymous whistleblower.