DispatchLive reports that the Eastern Cape government is forking out millions to hire private law firms for staff disciplinary cases.  

Apparently many departments pay private lawyers to act in cases against junior officials, which flies in the face of a public service bargaining council resolution.  Provincial treasury spokeswoman Nosisa Sogayise said her department had been taken to court by an employee for hiring private lawyers to act in a disciplinary case against the employee, and lost the case.

• This short summary of an article by Msindisi Fengu in the Daily Dispatch of 10 October 2016 is at DispatchLive

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page