South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) acting CEO Blake Mosely-Lefatola has questioned the motives of whistleblowers that continue to raise serious allegations about developments at the organisation, hinting that there might be “elements of corporate sabotage” at play.
Mosely-Lefatola levelled these accusations in a wide-ranging interview with Engineering News, that also included an update on the formal investigation under way at SABS, as well as progress being made to remedy systems compromised by a cyberattack and to appoint a new CEO.
Mosley-Lefatola suggested that the plethora of whistleblower letters sent to parliamentarians, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, and the media over the past year might be part of a campaign to undermine the recovery of the beleaguered State entity and further damage its reputation.
This despite the fact that many of the letters contain explicit and passionate pleas for outside intervention to restabilise the SABS and return it to its former status as a respected and efficient organisation.
“I believe there’s a particular grouping of individuals, both internally and externally, who are actively working for the SABS not to be stabilised, because the current state of instability suits them just fine. Why? Well, that’s the issue.”
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