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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87406, member: 27"] A botched municipal hiring riddled with legal violations and an inflated salary package is dragging the Metsimaholo Local Municipality into yet another governance fiasco. ANC caucus targets a senior director [LIST] [*]Councillor Fikile Mosokweni filed a motion against Mr. EM Sediane's appointment. [*]Sediane landed the Organisational Development gig back in April 2025. [*]His hiring allegedly torched multiple regulatory requirements. [*]Mosokweni's motion wants the council's original approval axed. [/LIST] The selection panel fell apart mid-process [LIST] [*]A five-member panel got assembled in October 2024 for the role. [*]Only four members bothered to show up for the December shortlisting. [*]January interviews ran with just three panelists present. [*]Regulations demand identical panel composition throughout every stage. [/LIST] Screening and interview timelines were cooked [LIST] [*]Candidate screening blew past the mandatory 21-day window by a day. [*]Interviews kicked off before the screening had even wrapped up. [*]Legal sequencing requires shortlisting, then screening, then interviews. [*]Skipping that order basically opens the door to favoritism. [/LIST] MEC straight up rejected the appointment [LIST] [*]The provincial MEC for local government flagged it as invalid in August 2025. [*]Sediane's hire lacked the required approval under the Municipal Systems Act. [*]Without that sign-off, the whole appointment crumbles legally. [/LIST] Salary package blew past government caps [LIST] [*]Sediane scored a top-tier package with a R2,500 monthly cellphone allowance. [*]Government-set caps peg that allowance way lower for this municipality tier. [*]Metsimaholo is a category B municipality in the Fezile Dabi District. [*]Overspending on one contract siphons cash from actual service delivery. [/LIST] Competency rating jump looks super suspect [LIST] [*]Sediane allegedly leaped from basic to competent in just 90 days. [*]A 2025 Western Cape High Court ruling backs strict competency standards. [*]Nkungwana v Penxa tossed out a hiring over similar rating issues. [*]That appeal got dismissed in September 2025, and it set a firm precedent. [/LIST] Motion has real backing in the ANC caucus [LIST] [*]Councillor JM Molana co-signed as the seconder on the motion. [*]Councillors Lunar Mthetho and Mahadi Ocheloane threw in support. [*]Their motion demands a full do-over with a compliant hiring process. [/LIST] Metsimaholo's governance mess runs deep [LIST] [*]Shaky coalitions have plagued the municipality since the 2021 elections. [*]Mayor Jack Malindi from the African Independent Congress won unopposed in late 2025. [*]A recent high-court loss over a fired CFO already cost taxpayers dearly. [*]Probes into a R14 million Deneysville sports ground project are ongoing. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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