The South African Local Government Bargaining Council has ordered the reinstatement of five Tshwane officials suspended for their involvement in the controversial Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment plant tender. The officials, suspended in April 2023, will receive R2 million in compensation for the unfair suspension. The City of Tshwane plans to appeal the decision at the Labour Court, stating that the officials' presence could be detrimental to the municipality's stability.
Suspension lifted, R2m compensation Tshwane officials implicated in Rooiwal tenderControversial businessman Edwin Sodi 's companies secured the R295 million tender to upgrade the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment plant in the City of Tshwane . Images: X
In April 2023, the metro municipality announced that it had suspended the five officials after a year long internal disciplinary process which found the officials guilty on one of the four charges they faced. “The City is of the view that their continued presence at the workplace, will be detrimental to the stability of the municipality,” the municipality said at the time.
“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,” Bokaba said.Following the ruling, ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont said it is apparent that the local bargaining council took issue with the fact, from a procedural point of view, that the officials were not suspended during the investigation but only after the disciplinary hearing when the City of Tshwane appealed the outcome of the disciplinary hearing.
“ActionSA is comforted by the knowledge that the process to study of the options available to the City will be guided by the fact that this tender was unlawful, resulted in the delay of the project to address theMeanwhile, the Special Investigating Unit has confirmed that it has completed its first phase of its investigation into the Rooiwal Waste Water Works tender and that the matter has been referred to the National Prosecuting Authority .
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