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Herald Reporter
The matter in which suspended Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) managing director Mr Henry Mandishona was seeking the intervention by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare in his delayed disciplinary hearing by his employer has been postponed to November 27, 2015.
PSMAS lawyer Mr James Muzangaza of Muzangaza, Mandaza and Tomana said the matter was postponed on two grounds — that the society was still seized with the matter, and that he (Muzangaza) could not attend the hearing yesterday as he was engaged elsewhere.
“The basis of the postponement was that the employer (PSMAS) was still seized with the matter, which was supposed to be heard tomorrow (today) but Mr Mandishona’s lawyer Mr Innocent Chagonda requested that the hearing be moved to Monday 16 November 2015, which we all agreed to.
“Secondly, I could not attend the hearing today (yesterday) at the Ministry as I was also engaged elsewhere,” said Mr Muzangaza.
The fallout between Mr Mandishona and PSMAS started on September 24, when he was suspended from work pending investigations into a number of allegations ranging from corruption and mismanagement to bad corporate governance. Following completion of the investigations, Mr Mandishona was advised that his hearing would take place on October 8, 2015.
Since then the hearing has failed to take place on three occasions with his lawyer requesting for postponement of the matter on the one hand and on the other, Government taking positions on the matter.
The delays resulted in Mr Mandishona’s case going for over 30 days without being heard, forcing him to seek intervention by the labour officer arguing the stipulated time when his case should have been heard had lapsed.
All has not been well at PSMAS as reports say Mr Mandishona was being targeted for ouster after he indicated that all the people who unduly benefited from the society’s resources should pay back.
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