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The Citizen reports that former Mangaung municipal manager Mzingisi Nkungwana, who was dramatically removed last year, is in yet another dispute with the metro after he was not shortlisted for the city boss post.
According to sources, recruitment stalled after Nkungwana threatened legal action last month upon realising that he had not been shortlisted. Nkungwana apparently sent a cease and desist letter to the metro, in which he maintained that proper recruitment and selection processes had not been followed. According to the former Mangaung boss, candidate shortlisting was done more than a month after the advertisement for the post. He wrote: “The 2014 municipal regulations state that shortlisting should be done within 30 days after the application closing date. Secondly, I’ve been head of department and city manager of that municipality for over five years, and in terms of the regulations, I meet the requirements to be shortlisted, so why wasn’t I shortlisted?” He threatened court action should Mangaung not “play by the rules”. Additionally, according to Nkungwana, the Free State Cogta MEC Ketso Makume wrote to Mangaung informing them that their selection process was “flawed”. Makume’s spokesperson elaborated: “The MEC is not saying they must reverse or cancel the process. He is saying they must stick to the law and rules governing recruitment.” Nkungwana was forcefully removed from office by previous mayor Mxolisi Siyonzana in April last year, just six months into the job. A video of Nkungwana being shoved and pushed by the head of the inoperative metro police went viral last year. The metro has been under national administration since last year.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at The Citizen (subscriber access only)
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