SAHRC spokesperson Wisani Baloyi said: The commission can confirm that the former cting CEO, Kisoon, has resigned effective from May 5 2023. The commission did not ask for the reasons for the resignation. Baloyi added that the investigation was handled by an independent investigator, Advocate Colin Kahanovitz. According to Baloyi, Kahanovitz recommended that a charge of misconduct be preferred against her. “The commission has already appointed the new CEO, Vusumuzi Mkhize. He assumed his duties on March 27 2023.

The former acting CEO was in an acting capacity. Her position was chief operations officer.” The alleged comment that was uttered by Kisoon to the provincial heads and executives was: They are going to look at the total number of 300 key performance indicators and assess, and then call each of you out as black babies. And then quarterly, they will do the same thing. We can’t expect to be spoon-fed, colleagues, we can’t. In February, City Press reported that those who were p[art of the February meeting showed Kisoon the door after these comments and escalated their grievance to the chairperson of the commission, Bongani Majola. Asked whether the alleged racial slur has been detrimental to the image of the commission, Baloyi responded: “The commission believes that it has caused some damage, but the exact assessment has not yet been done.” Baloyi conceded that the purpose of the investigation was to determine whether the alleged conduct should lead to disciplinary measures being instituted against the former employee. “The fact that she has resigned has rendered it unnecessary to continue with the investigation,” he said.

Source: News24