President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, which bars municipal managers and senior managers from holding political office.
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The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) today agreed to amend the provision relating to the appointment of managers who are directly accountable to the municipal manager in the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill. The question was whether these managers should be appointed on fixed-term or permanent contracts. Section 57(7) of the current legislation provides that a municipality MAY extend the provisions relating to the employment contract for a .