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Stellenbosch HR manager resigns from acting corporate services director post, dodges council suspension

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Stellenbosch MunicipalityNews24 reports that embattled Stellenbosch Municipality human resources manager Alexander Kannemeyer avoided suspension this week by resigning from his acting role as corporate services director, leaving the council powerless to act against him.

This was revealed in a special confidential in-committee council meeting held on Wednesday. However, Kannemeyer is still employed by the municipality as a human resources manager. The council convened the sitting to determine whether Kannemeyer should be suspended after he was given seven days to provide reasons why he should not be placed on precautionary suspension. This followed a viral video in which he suggested that life for white employees should be made “difficult” until they resigned. DA spokesperson Willie Aucamp explained that Kannemeyer’s resignation as a Section 56 manager meant that council could not suspend him. In terms of the Municipal Structures Act, a municipal council can only suspend someone who is a Section 56 manager or who officially acts in that role.

Aucamp indicated: “He (Kannemeyer), therefore, side-stepped the Stellenbosch Municipal council’s attempt to legally suspend him by making it impossible for them to do so.” He added that the DA still wanted the matter investigated, in accordance with a motion approved by the council two weeks ago. “The DA also requests that the municipal manager, who, in terms of the Structures Act, is now the only person that can suspend Mr Kannemeyer, do so immediately because of the risk that he could influence the investigation in his current position,” Aucamp indicated.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marvin Charles at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)


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