By Akani Nkuna
ActionSA has endorsed City of Tshwane mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya’s cautious approach to addressing the South African Local Bargaining Council’s (SALBC) decision to reinstate officials implicated in the illegal 2019 tender awarded to business mogul Edwin Sodi.
The SALBC ruling on Tuesday found procedural flaws in the disciplinary process conducted under former Democratic Alliance (DA) mayor Cilliers Brink.
The council mandated the reinstatement of the officials and ordered the City to pay R2 million in compensation.
The officials had been charged with gross negligence in performing their duties in that their alleged conduct in the tender award breached various legislation, policies and codes of conduct.
These officials, who include Group Head of Water and Sanitation Stevens Notoane, Director of Electrification Justice Sekokotla, Divisional Head of Water and Sanitation Dumisani Gubuza, Divisional Head of Electricity Planning and Development Frans Manganyi, and Divisional Head of Supply Chain Management Thembeka
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