Independent Media’s Editor-in-Chief Adri Senekal de Wet.

There are moments when the suspension of a chief executive is simply an internal human resources matter.

This is not one of them.

The precautionary suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Patrick Dlamini, following a whistleblower complaint relating to the handling of a controversial R411 million payment connected tothe Lanseria Airport shareholders, raises questions that extend far beyond the fate of one executive.

The PIC board has stressed that the suspension is precautionary and that the allegations remain subject to investigation. Dlamini is entitled to due process, and no findings have been made against him.