2de keer dat voorsitter se kop rol; Minister het glo nou genoeg gehad

Die voorsitter van Krygkor se direksie is vandeesweek vir die tweede keer in die pad gesteek.

Lt.genl. Mojo Motau en sy adjunk, Refiloe Mokoena, se dienste is albei deur die nuwe verdedigingsminister beëindig.

Die aankondiging sal vandag amptelik op ’n direksievergadering in Pretoria gedoen word, het Beeld op hoogste gesag verneem.

Krygkor het gister aangedui hy sal vandag ’n verklaring oor die saak uitreik, terwyl Helmoed-Römer Heitman, militêre kenner, gesê het Krygkor was al ’n geruime tyd “wanfunksioneel”.

“Betrekkinge tussen Krygkor, die weermag en die wapenbedryf het ook toenemend agteruitgegaan,” het hy gesê.

Motau, voorheen hoof van verdedigingsinligting, is destyds onder ’n wolk en op kort kennisgewing by dié departement weg.

Lindiwe Sisulu, voormalige minister van verdediging, het hom daarna in 2011 in die pos by Krygkor aangestel.

In 2012, kort nadat Sisulu self herontplooi is na staatsdiens en administrasie, het sy Motau van sy pligte onthef en Mokoena, wat al in die direksie gedien het, aangestel.

Motau het geweier om sy pos te verlaat, wat gemaak het dat Krygkor vir ’n tyd lank met twee voorsitters gesit het.

Na verneem word, het Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, huidige verdedigingsminister, besluit om hom nog ’n kans te gee.

Haar geduld het glo die laaste tyd in die lig van ’n rits omstrede probleme binne die korporasie opgeraak en nou is hy en sy adjunk in die pad gesteek, het Beeld van hooggeplaastes in dié departement verneem.

Talle van die mees ervare amptenare by Krygkor is weens “dissiplinêre” redes deur Motau geskors. Dít hoofsaaklik weens hul kritiek op Strategie 21, sy plan om Krygkor tot sy eertydse glorie te herstel.

Die plan was ook daarop gemik om meer verteenwoordiging in die wapenbedryf teweeg te bring. Dit het egter in talle gevalle waar kritiek noodsaaklike ondersteuningskontrakte met Europese wapenmaatskappye gesluit moes word, daartoe gelei dat die kontrakte eenvoudig nie gesluit is nie.

Dít het op sy beurt tot vertragings van maande lank gelei – veral omdat Motau se direksie net elke drie maande vergader het.

Onder dié kontrakte tel die versieningskontrak vir die polisie se helikopters en die lugmag se ondersteuningskontrak vir van sy vliegtuie.

Tenders vir van die weermag se noodsaaklike vervangingskontrakte, waaronder dié vir sy nuwe gepantserde personeeldraers, sloer ook steeds omdat daar nie die nodige tydige besluite geneem word nie.

Ingevolge die strategie wou Motau gehad het die weermag moet 10%-kommissie betaal vir Krygkor se dienste.

Wat hom egter in stryd met die generaals gebring het, was sy aandrang dat hy ook inspraak in die weermag se strategiese beplanning wou gehad het.

Verskeie van die tugsake is tans nog hangend, terwyl van die geskorste senior amptenare hangende vertroulikheidsklousules heraangestel is.

With acknowledgement to Erika Gibson en Beeld.

Armscor bosses fired

Beeld
Erika Gibson
14 August 2013
 

2nd time chairman's head rolled; Minister apparently had enough

The chairman of Armscor's board this week for the second time was fired.

Lieutenant General. Mojo Motau and his deputy Refiloe Mokoena's services are both terminated by the new defense minister.

The announcement will today officially be done at a board meeting in Pretoria, Beeld supreme learned.

Armscor yesterday indicated he would issue a statement on the matter today, while Helmoed-Römer Heitman, military expert, said Armscor had been a long time "dysfunctional".

"Relations between Armscor, the military and the arms industry has increasingly deteriorated," he said.

Motau, formerly chief of defense information, then under a cloud, and away at short notice by the department.

Lindiwe Sisulu, a former defense minister, then took him in 2011 in the position at Armscor.

In 2012, shortly after Sisulu redeployed to public service and administration, she Motau relieved of his duties and Mokoena, who has served on the board appointed.

Motau refused to leave his post, which made Armscor for a long time with two sitting chairs.

Apparently, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, current defense minister, decided to give him another chance.

Her patience apparently the last time in the light of a series of contentious issues within the corporation ran out and now he and his deputy was fired, Statue of dignitaries in the department learned.

Many of the most experienced officials at Armscor is due to "disciplinary" reasons Motau suspended. This mainly because of their criticism of Strategy 21, his plan to Armscor restored to its former glory.

The plan was aimed at bringing about more representation in the arms industry. However, in many cases where critically needed support contracts with European arms companies closed down, led the contracts simple.

This has in turn led to delays of months - especially since Motau board only every three months.

Under these contracts count the versieningskontrak for the police helicopters and the Air Force support contract for its aircraft.

Tenders for the military's essential vervangingskontrakte, including those for his new armored personnel carriers, drag also because no the necessary timely decisions.

Under the strategy Motau had wanted the army pay 10% commission for Armscor services.

Which brought him into conflict with the generals, his insistence that he say in the army's strategic planning wanted.

Several of the disciplinary cases is still pending, while the suspended senior officials pending vertroulikheidsklousules reappointed.*1

*1       One of them, Pierre Meiring, was fired nearly a year ago after nearly 30 years of sterling and faultless service.

In a kangaroo court of injustice that cost the taxpayer several millions of Rands to stage manage.

He should be re-instated at a snot spoed and/or receive very substantial compensation for this injustice and his humiliation.

Other than that, Mojo was trying to transform Armscor where he and his buddies, probably some in Chancellor House, effectively reap 35% of every contract Armscor manages.

This in the name of transformation.

The only transformation with which he and his fellow deployees in the MoD, DoD, SANDF, SA Army, SA Air Force, SA Navy, Denel, SA Airways, SABC, SITA, Ek's Dom, Telkom, inter alia have been wildly successful is transforming South Africa from a first world country to a third world one.

The only state department that is truly effective is SA Revenue Services which is very adept at wringing every last cent out of the taxpayer and placing it with easy access to be raped by Zoomer and his deployees.

Economic freedom fighters deluxe.

So gaan die lewe.