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Johannesburg - All SA Post Office managers and board members should be suspended pending a forensic audit into its contracts, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said on Monday.
Expressing shock at the suspension of post office chief executive Khutso Mampeule, the CWU said it would challenge the decision if it was an attempt to divert attention from, or tamper with, the corruption investigation.
This was a claim made by Mampeule after his suspension on full pay on Friday at a meeting of the Post Office's board, pending the outcome of a disciplinary case against him.
"I believe my suspension is an attempt to divert attention from my concerted effort to uproot corrupt actions, such as those in the Vision Design House matter," he said.
Board chairperson Phiti Tskudu said on Friday the board had lost confidence in Mampeule.
"He appears to undermine the board's authority and his impartiality has been called into question with regard to the management of the planned forensic audit the board has commissioned to investigate allegations around improper tender practices."
Last month, Mampeule told parliament seven post office executives had resigned or been axed in the past 18 months as a result of his anti-corruption drive.
Thirteen suspect contracts had been uncovered and cancelled during an audit of all contracts.
Mampeule said his fight against corruption had "affected some powerful and well-connected people" on the board.
Business Day reported on Monday that he was seeking legal advice on suing the company.
His predecessor, Maanda Manyatshe, who resigned last week as managing director of MTN after Mampeule laid criminal charges against him for tender fraud, is suing the post office for R100m.
The CWU believed he probe into contracts signed under Manyatshe was correct, said spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe.
It was equally correct to pursue the investigation through the Office of Serious Economic Offences.
The CWU further called for "the correct intervention" by the Communications Ministry - amid questions by the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications about Communication Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri's handling of the matter.