ATNS suspends spin doctor over sexual harassment claims

Dlamini claims that he is in fact back at work

- By Bongani Mdakane

Fresh allegations of sexual harassment have surfaced at the troubled Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), the state-owned entity responsible for air traffic control in the South African skies.

In the latest incident, a woman employee whose identity is known to Sunday World has laid a complaint against the entity's spokesperson, Mphilo Dlamini.

Sunday World has learnt that Dlamini was suspended in March by the company.

The woman did not go into details about the nature of the alleged sexual harassment, but Dlamini claimed he was the victim of a smear campaign.

"I am the victim here," said Dlamini.

In his representation, which we have seen, Dlamini pointed out that the only complaint the complainant had raised to him was about workload as she was assisting in his department.