{"id":96851,"date":"2015-08-14T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96851\/bid-to-nullify-city-managers-contract-fails\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T07:11:54","slug":"bid-to-nullify-city-managers-contract-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/08\/14\/bid-to-nullify-city-managers-contract-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Bid to nullify city manager\u2019s contract fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An application to invalidate the Ekurhuleni city manager\u2019s employment contract failed in the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The court declined to declare the extension of the city manager\u2019s contract unlawful and invalid.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It also declined to review and set aside the metro\u2019s resolution extending the contract.<\/p>\n<p>The matter is being referred to the Gauteng MEC for Housing and Local Government for consideration within 10 days from date of judgment.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The effect of the court order is that the resolution of council of September, 27, 2012, and the extension of the city manager\u2019s contract is for all intents and purposes lawful, and that the city manager continues to perform his duties as the accounting officer of the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other metro articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96170\/metro-embarks-on-r19-5-m-water-loss-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro embarks on R19.5-m water loss project<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96065\/metro-calls-on-artists-to-enter-thami-mnyele-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro calls on artists to enter Thami Mnyele competition<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e6490d07a86c157327463d037542a55b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro\u2019s city manager to continue his duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":96899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8177,1008,1003,979,969,2734,1002,1004],"class_list":["post-96851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-city-manager","tag-court","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["city manager","court","Ekurhuleni","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","metro","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}