The board of the National Library of South Africa will investigate allegations that its company secretary tried to raise his salary fraudulently and that the CEO shielded him while the whistleblower had been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing.
On Wednesday, News24 reported that Matuma Masipa, the National Library's human resources director, approached the Labour Court for an urgent interdict to stop the disciplinary proceedings against her.
In her founding affidavit, filed with the Labour Court in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Masipa spoke of how she discovered that the National Library's company secretary, Sanele Mabaso, allegedly contrived a pay raise for himself.
She said Mabaso advised the human resources department that his services were sought by Petroleum Agency South Africa and provided a letter with a salary offer to that effect.
This invoked the NLSA's employee retention strategy, wherein the library would counter an offer made to the employee.
Masipa, who grew suspicious of Mabaso, contacted Petroleum Agency South Africa, who informed her that they hadn't...
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