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TimesLIVE reports that City of Tshwane manager Johann Mettler has called out employees for what he said was unbecoming behaviour towards the DA’s former mayor, Cilliers Brink.
Loud cheers and ululation engulfed the municipal offices on Thursday last week as employees celebrated the ousting of Brink as mayor. He was accosted by a crowd of employees in the Tshwane House lobby celebrating his axing. They sang songs as he walked out of the chamber moments after the ANC motion of no confidence was passed. On Monday, Mettler sent an internal memo, which has since been leaked, to staff reprimanding them for their behaviour, which he described as despicable. “He was jeered by a visibly excitable crowd and expletives were hurled in his face. I found this behaviour to be insensitive, humiliating, degrading, inflammatory, offensive and despicable,” Mettler wrote. Though employees have a right to associate with a party of their choice, Tshwane House is a workplace, not a party political space, Mettler pointed out. He said the behaviour of employees went against the culture of respect, treating each other with dignity, kindness and empathy. He added, however, that it had only been a handful of employees who mistreated and abused Brink. Though Mettler said he was not taking action against the employees who participated, he threatened that a repeat would result in consequences.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgothatso Madisa at BusinessLive
- See too, Tshwane city manager reprimands municipal workers who celebrated Brink's ousting, at EWN
- En ook, Mettler vermaan personeel oor ‘veragtelike’ gedrag teenoor Brink, by Maroela Media
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