The court order, filed by Centlec, states that Nkomo may not hold the media briefing nor make mention of her title at the entity. During the briefing, she stated that the entity is using taxpayers’ money for a case that is not against them. The DA's Mokgadi Kganakga questions how could the entity interdict a case that is not against them, as she believes that the entity has no jurisdiction. “This is a clear abuse of state funds.”

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Kganakga further stated that she is under the impression that the case (Case No: 3010/2022) is between Nkomo and the entity’s CEO, Malefane Sekoboto. Nkomo, during her media briefing, did state the lawsuit is against Sekoboto in his private capacity. Amongst other allegations Nkomo made, she alleged that some of the courts are corrupt, as the two urgent appeals made by the entity were granted, whereas hers were denied. Kganakga concluded her comment by saying “I am shocked that there is a judge out there allowing this kind of abuse of taxpayers’ money. It’s appalling”.

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It all began when Nkomo dragged Sekoboto to the Free State High Court in civil litigation. Nkomo is petitioning to the court in a bid to have Sekoboto declared a delinquent director. During the media briefing that she was interdicted from having, she explained that according to the entity’s grounds of delinquency, there are eight points, but she only elaborated on a few. The first being, an official can be declared a delinquent when he has grossly abused his position; been personally convicted of an offence twice, or subjected to an administrative fine or penalty in terms of any legislation. Some of Nkomo’s allegations details that there was no advertised position, no interviews held with Sekoboto, and no endorsement on record from the board of directors endorsing his employment.

At her media briefing, that was expected to be a "tell-all session", Nkomo did not make mention of her job title. It is unclear whether she has been suspended or fired. She also made no mention of the entity’s name, as she stated the court order forbids her from mentioning these two issues.

It was previously announced by the Free State ANC’s Interim Provincial Committee’s (IPC) coordinator, Paseka Nompondo, that they have come to a realisation that the board of Centlec has reached a point where they are unable to perform some of their duties as the executives of the entity. Nompondo explained that some board members have taken a decision to resign a while ago. He did not give a reason for their resignation. All of the abovementioned came after Centlec made headlines after workers did not receive their salaries. At the time, an anonymous employee at the entity said the reason why they have not gotten paid remains a mystery. However, it was not the first time Centlec found itself making headlines for the wrong reasons. In 2021, OFM News reported of allegations that Sekoboto and the board allegedly agreed to increase his (Sekoboto) salary.

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