WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM
FIRED Housing Director General Billy Cobbett officially vacated his post on Friday, a department representative said on Wednesday. He is being temporarily replaced by his deputy Neville Karsen until a new incumbent is appointed.
No details of Cobbett’s severance package are available and Cobbett refused to comment, apart from to confirm he had left his post.
Cobbett was fired by Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele after their deteriorating relationship came to a head when Cobbett when he referred the award of a Mpumalanga low-cost housing tender to the auditor-general for investigation. Both Mpumalanga auditor general Bertie Loots and national auditor general Henri Kluever are investigating the award of the contract.