SABC News reports that the SA Local Government Bargaining Council has ordered that the five City of Tshwane senior officials charged with misconduct relating to the Rooiwal tender should return to work on 20 January.

The Bargaining Council has further ordered that the officials be compensated with two months’ salary owing to their unfair suspension. The employees have been suspended on full pay since last year. City of Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba said the City was still studying the Bargaining Council’s arbitration award and its implications. “Last year, the City filed an application with the Labour Court for a review of the findings and sanction pronounced by the chairperson of the disciplinary hearing. In view of the above, the City will not comment any further on this matter as it relates to HR processes and is sub judice,” said Bokaba.

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