Lesufi reshuffles poor performing heads of departments

During a media briefing in Midrand on Sunday, the Premier complained about departments failing to spend their allocated budgets on time.

Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, has reshuffled poor performing heads of departments.

During a media briefing in Midrand on Sunday, the Premier complained about departments failing to spend their allocated budgets on time.

Underspending for the previous financial year was R1.3 billion, with some of the money being at risk of being returned to treasury.

Masabata Mutlaneng has been removed from the Department of Infrastructure Development and reshuffled to e-Gov.

Meanwhile, the new Infrastructure Development HOD is Rufus Mmutlana, after being removed from education.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has also appointed acting HODs in the departments of environment, sports, arts and culture, social development and education.

“With the challenges we are facing of service delivery, we can’t afford departments that are missing performance targets. We also found some audit outcomes which indicated some departments are not performing ideally, within that context, I have taken a decision to reshuffle and reset the heads of departments.”

Lesufi said the appointments came into effect on the first of August.