Led by Chairperson, Honourable Kedibone Diale, the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on CoGTA and Human Settlements will on Thursday, 22 April 2021, convene a public hearing on the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2B-2019].

These amendments are aimed at addressing disparate human resource (HR) practices in municipalities.

The proposed amendments seek to:

  • Make further provision for the appointment of municipal managers and managers directly accountable to municipal managers;
  • Determine timeframes within which their performance agreements must be concluded; Make further provision for the evaluation of their performance;
  • Bar these municipal managers and managers directly accountable to municipal managers from holding political office in political parties;
  • Regulate employment of municipal employees who have been dismissed and provide for the Minister to make regulations relating to the duties, remuneration, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of municipal managers and managers directly accountable to municipal managers.

Details of the Public Hearing

Date: Thursday, 22 April 2021
Time: 11h00
Venue: Roodeplaat Community Hall
Tshwane

Proceedings of the Public Hearing can also be streamed live on the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s social media platforms: YouTube https://youtu.be/mR4D_LHs-SU
Facebook https://fb.me/e/3qvCc6Az5

ISSUED BY THE GPL’S COMMUNICATIONS UNIT ON BEHALF OF HONOURABLE CHAIRPERSON OF GAUTENG PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE COGTA AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE, KEDIBONE DIALE.

For more information or interview queries, please contact Ms Pfano Bulasigobo on 060 533 1982 Email: PBulasigobo@gpl.gov.za
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