Joburg City Manager Floyd Brink ordered to vacate office within 10 days

By Staff Reporter

Joburg city manager Floyd Brink has been ordered to vacate office within 10 days after the Johannesburg High Court ruled that his appointment was unlawful.

The ruling stems from a Democratic Alliance (DA) court challenge, which argued that Brink’s February 2022 appointment by the Johannesburg council, under then-Speaker Colleen Makhubele, was illegal.

Makhubele had tabled the motion for Brink’s appointment on an “urgent and exceptional” basis.

In November 2023, the court declared that the process used to appoint Brink was unlawful.

Despite his initial removal, Brink was reappointed after the council claimed it had rectified procedural issues, a move now invalidated by the court.

The judgment found that Brink’s reappointment was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid.

Judge Wilson awarded costs to the DA, which had maintained that Brink was not the most qualified candidate for the role.

Wilson also ordered that any decisions or acts taken by Brink