TABLE OF CONTENT - Emfuleni Local Municipality

• Child Care and Old Age Home Services;
• Keeping of Food;
• Keeping of settlement and Accommodation Establishment.
• Financial Disclosure
Gauteng Department of Local Government is responsible for drafting and promulgation
costs. Should a peculiar situation exist or arise Emfuleni would bear the costs which will
be minimal. There will be constant communication between the Department of Local
Government, Legal Department and the consultants. The Ward Committees and
community Development Workers (CDW’s) are involved when the by-laws are out for
public comments. The CDW’s were trained on by-laws and the processes leading to
promulgation
3.2.7 Litigation
Litigation may be divided into civil and criminal proceedings either against the municipality
or on behalf of the municipality.
52% of the civil matters have been completed and the 48% are still pending before the
courts of law. Most of the cases have been done internally and this made a savings on
behalf of the municipality.
Challenges
• Suspension of employees for more that three (3) months;
• Non availability of witnesses especially third parties
• Establishing healthy labour relations and EAP (See HR report)
• Legal processes to be undertaken to promulgate by-laws
• Review of the Credit Control and Debt Collection policy and its by-laws as well as the
Standing Orders.
• Take disciplinary action against employees who default on municipal account and
those who have registered a indigents;
• Develop regulations relating to expropriation of properties
• Develop a policy on contract management
• Interdepartmental relationships to avoid unnecessary legal actions against the
municipality.
3.3 HUMAN RESOURCES UNIT ANALYSIS
3.3.1 Introduction
Institutional review cuts across all boarders and impacts on the whole institution. Based
on this assumption the following issues from various departments are highlighted.
Emfuleni Local Municipality is firmly committed to make the ethos of Employment Equity
a reality in the institution, through ensuring that all employees are treated equally and
fairly. This would also be complying with the guarantees as stipulated in the Constitution
of the Republic. Employment Equity will ensure that we are able to effectively deliver the
services to our communities, make us more effective and enable us to draw from the
diversity of our employees.
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