PUBLIC Protector Caroline Sokoni has refuted media reports that her office conducted investigations in the civil service bordering on discrimination on the basis of tribe or purported ethnic cleansing. Sokoni says the institution is, however, currently investigating the indefinite placement of some civil servants and public officials on holding at the Public Service Management Division (PSMD). In a statement issued by Office of the Public Protector, Tuesday, Sokoni clarified that the institution had not received any complaint nor had it initiated any investigation on discrimination on the basis of tribe in the civil service. “The Public Protector Mrs Caroline Sokoni wishes to inform the nation that the statement published in some sections of the media alleging that the Office of...

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