Usakos CEO back at work

Usakos CEO back at work Goseb acquitted of all charges Gruzi Goseb, the beleaguered CEO of Usakos is back at work after surviving his second suspension. Usakos mayor Asker Mwafangeyo yesterday revealed that the town''s suspended CEO Gruzi Goseb has been acquitted of all charges and is back at work.

The council had been operating without a CEO since April 2015 after it suspended Goseb for allegedly disregarding council resolutions.

However, Namibian Sun learned yesterday that the CEO was reinstated during mid-November after a series of disciplinary hearings which took place since 2015.

In an interview Mwafangeyo said: “It has not been reported yet, but I can confirm to you now that Goseb is back at office.

“The disciplinary hearing did not find him guilty of any charges and therefore the council was left with no choice but to reinstate him.

“We are happy that this case is finally over given that it has not been easy operating without a CEO for almost two years.

“The town council is prepared to work with the CEO again in order to take this town forward.”

The reinstated CEO''s suspension was not the first. He was slammed with a suspension letter in June 2013 for alleged insubordination.

He returned to office in October 2013 before he was again suspended two years later.

The position has always been surrounded by controversy over the years after former CEO Joseph Jantze was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances in 2011.

At the time, Jantze had been the CEO of the town since November 2006 before he was served with a letter terminating his contract three months before it was due to lapse.

The former CEO then took the council to the labour court where he won the case which resulted in the council being ordered to pay over N$400 000 in damages.

“I can reassure you that things in the council are finally taking shape after a rough two years.

“We have currently allocated land in terms of light and heavy industrial developments, including housing for the locals.

“The town council is also building new offices because the current offices are over 100 years old.

“The other thing I can tell you is that the old offices will be used as a museum for the town,” Mwafangeyo said.

Jesse Jackson Kauraisa