The contract of national consumer commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi will not be renewed by Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, his department said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mohlala-Mulaudzi’s attorneys were notified of the decision on August 17, and her contract would expire on September 3, the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“The minister reiterated his preference for an open, competitive process, and declined to accede to Mohlala-Mulaudzi’s request for an automatic renewal of her contract,” it said.<\/p>\n
Mohlala-Mulaudzi joined the department’s consumer commission in 2010 as part of a settlement brokered by the department of public service and administration.<\/p>\n
The deal followed a breakdown in the relationship between Mohlala-Mulaudzi and former communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda.<\/p>\n
Mohlala-Mulaudzi was fired from her position as director general in Nyanda’s department.<\/p>\n
She unsuccessfully approached the Johannesburg Labour Court last week to win a renewal of her contract.<\/p>\n
DTI spokesman Sidwell Medupe said: “The position will be advertised and there will be people who will compete for that position.”<\/p>\n
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