MBABANE:Khangeziwe Mabuza, the Principal Secretary(PS) in the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs allegedly told Director of Tourism Gcinangaye Tsabedze to stop gossiping and creating conflicts among junior staff and focus on her work.
This was during a meeting held at the Ministry of Tourism Offices this week,sources who were part of the meeting told this Swaziland News that, the PS demonstrated leadership by openly telling Tsabedze to focus on her work.
“I remember you once wrote about Gcinangaye kutsi abehlupha lena eMsakatweni, nalana she is busy gossiping and dividing us as the junior staff, the PS openly told her in the face to stop this and focus on her work,” said the source.
Gcinangaye Tsabedze, the then Deputy Director of the State owned radio was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs after consistently clashing with the late Director Martin Dlamini, he was also accused of dividing the staff at the Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Services(EBIS).
But at some point,while this journalist was invited by the then Information Minister Dumsani Ndlangamandla for a meeting at the Government InterMinisterial Building,Gcinangaye was found shouting on top of her voice, verbally abusing Martin Dlamini, the then Director of the State owned radio.
The meeting was meant to mediate between the two senior government officials and both of them were subsequently removed from the State owned radio and re-deployed.
A questionnaire was sent to Gcinangaye Tsabebedze, the Director of Tourism,however,she had not responded at the time of compiling this report.
Reached for comments on Tuesday evening, Khangeziwe Mabuza, the Principal Secretary(PS) in the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs said,she cannot confirm or deny what she is alleged to have said.
“Maybe I was just talking without noticing that I am addressing an issue that is affecting the staff”, said the PS.
Tourism PS Khangeziwe Mabuza.