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The Star reports that a Limpopo education official has scored R650,000 from the department after his application for a top post was binned for a dodgy reason.
Mapitsane Moganedi was allocated a state vehicle to carry out his duties as a deputy chief educational specialist in the Sekhukhune South District. But, as the Limpopo Department of Education submitted at arbitration, his application for a chief educational specialist post was not considered because he did not attach a copy of his driving licence. Moganedi took his employer to the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC), arguing an unfair labour practice. Moganedi found it dodgy that he was not shortlisted for a post he qualified for and had previously acted in for 36 months. Samuel Nethengwe, personnel practitioner at the department, submitted at the arbitration that he disqualified Moganedi’s application because it did not include a copy of the driving licence. But Moganedi pointed out that the job advertisement made no mention of a driving licence copy. He told the arbitration hearing that, in fact, the department knew he had a driving licence because a copy was in his official file. Arbitrator MP Shai found in Moganedi’s favour. “The driving licence is not mentioned in a list of documents of which copies should accompany the application. Was this done by design or as a result of an oversight? I go with the former. My view therefore is that the driving licence is a requirement for the position but not a necessary criterion for sifting out. If that was the case, the advertisement should have said so, as it did with other requirements,” said Shai. A 2008 public education sector collective agreement also protected Moganedi, Shai found as it did not list a driving licence copy as one of requirements for candidate shortlisting.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bongani Nkosi at The Star
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