TimesLive broke the story of three Tygerberg Hospital doctors, anaesthetics registrars Mathew de Swardt, Kim Morgan and Manie Domingo, who faced charges of theft at a disciplinary hearing for, with permission, taking two broken chairs from the hospital’s outside dump to repair and put them in the staff tea room (see here and here ). As a result of presiding officer Shameem Modack-Robertson’s findings, De Swardt was fired and Morgan and Domingo respectively received a month's and two week’s unpaid leave. Domingo had already completed his training and left the hospital by the time of the sanction. De Swardt and Morgan have appealed at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and are being represented by Michael Bagraim, the DA’s shadow minister of employment and labour. After the story broke, the sanctions drew attention and an online petition with 16 000 signatures demanding their reinstatement. The Western Cape Health Dep...
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