Gauteng provincial government investigates Emfuleni’s high legal fees

Emfuleni Local Municipality, the department has requested information on the number of legal cases involving employees, the budget costs for all legal cases and a plan on reducing the amount of money spent on legal cases.

The letter expressed concern about a specific case where the municipality allegedly spent R55m on lawyers in a court challenge against an employee who had taken the municipality to court over unfair labour practice.newspaper dated 08 April 2024 alleging that the municipality spent R55m on one litigation which the municipality refuted stating that these legal fees are representative of the municipalities legal spending over at least three years not on a single,” the document said.

“The Gauteng MEC for Cogta, Mzi Khumalo, has finally succumbed to the DA’s pressure to urgently investigate why Emfuleni has spent so much money on labour dispute with one employee. This intervention is long overdue,” he said. Chabalala said the DA would follow up on the investigation by the provincial government. He said the party would also ensure that every cent is paid back to ratepayers if the law firms benefited unduly.

“We hope that this is not a box ticking exercise and that the MEC gets to the root of this issue. We will follow up with the issue to ensure that those implicated in this misuse of the municipality’s funds are held accountable,” said Chabalala.Standoff at Joburg city manager’s home raises questions of political interference

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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