Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning
With reference to the approved municipal staff establishments and appointments of former opposition councillors to positions within the Cape Town Executive Mayor’s office:
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Staff Regulations (“The Regulations”), read with section 66 of the Municipal Systems Act:
(b) given that the Regulations allow for the Minister to submit comments, what are the details of his comments;
- Whether his Department raised any objections to the appointment of former opposition councillors; if not, why not; if so, what was the nature of the objections?
1.(a) The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has formally declared a dispute with National CoGTA with regards to concerns about the lawfulness and application of the Regulations and other relevant legislation. This dispute process has not yet been finalised and thus I do not intend to comment on the Council’s compliance in this regard.
(b) I have not yet commented on the staff establishments of the CoCT and will do so once the dispute has been resolved and the CoCT submits their structures for comment.
- The Department of Local Government does not comment or object to staff appointments within municipalities, except where such appointments fall under Section 56 or Section 57 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000.
