Amukelani Maluleke, the National Organiser for South Africa’s largest HIV lobby group, the Treatment Action Campaign , has been found guilty of sexual harassment, according to an internal communication sent out by the organisation’s human resource coordinator.
In response to her dissatisfaction, TAC wrote back and said the decision of the presiding officer is final.was that “all processes in the sexual harassment disciplinary case involving our national staff member have not been exhausted and we are following due process so as not to compromise the integrity of the case and the right to appeal”.
Mokoena responded again, in writing, reiterating her discontent with the organisation she feels has been vocal about sexual harassment in the past. The TAC did not respond to this letter. However, the organisation called her 24 hours after27 questions in one statement and said, the NGO “continue[s] to actively support following a victim-centred approach in such cases”.I don’t feel safe working at the TAC anymore.
Mokoena says she later reported the incident to the provincial manager. At the time nothing materialised from reporting it, she says. Although still traumatised by the ordeal, Mokoena continued to work at TAC. Mokoena was later admitted into a psychiatric hospital for two weeks and booked off work for another two. Her medical aid paid the expenses of her hospitalisation. Once she was back at work, a few weeks later, the investigators appointed by TAC contacted her.Typically, you should appoint somebody who’s outside of the organisation to investigate the sexual harassment grievance.
Questions addressed directly to Maluleke were sent to the TAC Thursday morning, however, the TAC says it didn’t share those questions with him.then contacted Maluleke directly on Friday afternoon, he refused to answer our questions until he had spoken to the leadership of the organisation.TAC didn’t explain to Mokoena what type of sexual harassment Maluleke had been found guilty of, neither did they share the report by the presiding officer with her.
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