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The Citizen reports that according to Linda Motloung, a nurse from Tsakane Clicks Clinic, her relationship with the management at her workplace soured after she reported a sexual harassment case.

“What made me approach management was the offensive and sexual utterances that the store manager was always making against me,” said Motloung. She reported the matter to management in 2023 and there was a hearing, but the verdict, which cleared the store manager, was only released in April this year. Motloung then tried in vain to appeal the ruling and since then the manager allegedly “started to gang up with other people to sabotage my work and they started docking my salary without a valid reason, and fabricated stories to charge me over things I did not do.” Because the situation “got out of hand last month”, Motloung obtained a restraining order against some of the managers. She has also accused the company of turning down her application to be transferred to another branch because they allegedly wanted to frustrate her until she resigned. A psychologist has diagnosed Motloung as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She has approached the CCMA to open a case of unfair discrimination and the matter will be heard next Wednesday. Clicks chief people officer Bridget Makhura said: “Clicks Group takes all allegations of harassment extremely seriously and investigates them thoroughly. In this case, an impartial disciplinary chair found the employee concerned not guilty after a hearing. Clicks does not tolerate harassment, victimisation, or unauthorised pay deductions.”

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Masoka Dube at The Citizen

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