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The Citizen reports that the City of Tshwane’s intent to appoint seven new senior managers to help it to get out of its financial woes has received mixed reactions from experts.
It surfaced this week that Tshwane was one of the metros battling to pay Eskom its R3.2 billion debt. Mayor Cilliers Brink said it was no secret that the city was in financial distress and was behind on payments to Eskom. But, he said that was why the approval of the appointment of qualified and fit-for-purpose senior managers in the city was an important development. “The senior Section 56 managers will help to change the organisational culture to one of high performance and professionalism,” he argued. The selected candidates will occupy the roles of chief of police, chief of emergency services, chief financial officer, chief operations officer, chief audit executive, group head: strategy and management support and governance and support officer in the city, and will report to the city manager. Transformation Alliance leader Abel Tau said it was an ill-advised move considering the city’s intention to also fill the vacancies left by dismissed striking workers. “It reeks of arrogance and is provocative,” he said. Tau called on the city to reconsider its decision to replace the employees: “We understand that the dismissed workers are appealing the city’s decision to fire them, thus making this matter subjudice. Therefore, any move to replace the dismissed workers would be illegal.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marizka Coetzer at The Citizen
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