Municipal workers are demanding that the mayoral committee withdraw a recent appointment that they
claim is “substantially flawed”.
Municipal workers are demanding that the mayoral committee withdraw a recent appointment that they
claim is “substantially flawed”.
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) handed over a memorandum to the municipality on Wednesday which argued that the “political appointment” in the mayor’s office did not follow the necessary processes.
“Any appointment, whether it is political or not, must comply with all relevant pieces of legislation existing in the institution,” Samwu said in the memorandum.
“This unlawful appointment is tantamount to the Bantustan appointments where favoured people would be employed during an umgidi [homecoming for initiates]ceremony and told to go to work on Monday.”
Corporate Services Director Thabiso Klaas said: “I accept the memorandum and will give it to the
Municipal Manager and I hope that a response will come within the time frame put forward by Samwu,” he
added.
The council has seven working days in which to respond to the union’s demands. Samwu local chairman Wandile Bikitsha said the union leadership will continue engaging the management on the issues raised in the memorandum.
Samwu has listed four processes pertaining to the municipality’s recruitment and selection policy which it argues were violated.
Posts must be in the municipality’s organogram, be budgeted for, advertised in the media and candidates be interviewed.
“Even if you upgrade a post, it must be submitted to the Local Labour Forum as an agenda item for discussion and agreement by all stakeholders,” read the memorandum.
