LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Mashaba council review suffers setback
The institutional review was intended to cut the number of managers reporting directly to the city manager from 38 to 12
The Johannesburg city council has rescinded a decision to pass mayor Herman Mashaba’s institutional review. The blow to planning by Mashaba’s administration came hours before the mayor and speaker Vasco Da Gama survived a motion of no confidence tabled by the ANC, with the support of the EFF. The plan was initially passed on the second day of the September council meeting with the help of the coalition-led local government’s voting partner, the EFF. But on Thursday it was the EFF that tabled a motion without notice that led to the decision being rescinded by the council. The EFF motion took issue with the fact that the tender given to the joint venture Neo-SSM JV had been set aside after a settlement was reached with local governance expert Dr Michael Sutcliffe’s company City Insight, which had also bid for the tender. City Insight’s bid was set at R8.5m while Neo’s price was set at R29.9m. City Insights had taken the city to court to interdict the tender, but the matter was settled...
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