Disgruntled staff at the office responsible for all state attorneys are so fed up about "worse than apartheid working conditions and ill-treatment" by Govender that they are prepared to close it down.

Govender is accused of, among other things, bullying, victimisation, humiliating colleagues and discrimination, but Department of Justice spokesman Tlali Tlali said the office was one of the best run in the country.

National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) shop steward Cornelia Taljaard said the attorneys want Radebe and Sindane to act "now or the courts in the province could be left high and dry".

The union accuses Radebe of failing to respond to grievances and complaints lodged against Govender.

"As an organised labour union, radical in our approach, we will mobilise our members to go and shut down the state attorney's office," warned Nehawu regional chairman Zweli Langa. "It seems like the last option after numerous attempts to have issues raised by employees fell on deaf ears."

He said recommendations by investigating officer Abdullah Ismail had not been implemented - a year later.

"We feel that it's an insult because they were serious allegations. We feel that the director-general should have acted on the investigator's recommendations by now."

Tlali said they would engage with staff through the department's internal communication channel.

Govender could not be reached for comment.

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Thu May 23 11:03:24 SAST 2013 ::

May 11, 2012

mhn6900

The allegations leveled against Krish Govender, state attorney general appear ludicrous, malicious and smack of an uncanny way of ridding the civil service of well respected, principled comrades.

When someone with the credibility of comrade Krish is made to defend himself for simply trying to do his job with honesty and integrity then one can't help but wonder where we are heading as a country in terms of a good clean civil service. Are we teetering on course to becoming a banana republic?

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