The Correctional Services Ministry is investigating reports of drunken behaviour by its national commissioner, spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said on Tuesday.
Commissioner Vernon Petersen reportedly misbehaved at a dinner attended by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour and several of his African counterparts at Kievietskroon, outside Pretoria, on Thursday.
Home affairs and defence ministers Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Mosiuoa Lekota also attended, Beeld reported.
As Lekota addressed the guests, Petersen allegedly shouted: ”Tell them your history, Terror … We know all of that, Terror, tell us something we don’t know.”
When Balfour spoke, Petersen reportedly said: ”Ngconde, Ngconde, please finish up, we want to dance.”
Wolela confirmed on Tuesday morning that the department was investigating the reports and that the minister considered the allegations in a serious light. — Sapa