City of Cape Town ordered to pay R319,000 after former employee was denied fair chance at managerial post.
The Labour Court in Cape Town found that the City of Cape Town unfairly denied a senior employee proper opportunity to compete for a promotion because of an impermissible headhunting process, awarding him over R319,000 in compensation.
Judge Suzanna Josephine Harvey reviewed and set aside an arbitration award that had dismissed Mahlatse Maebana's unfair labour practice claim.
The court declared that the municipality had acted unfairly during the recruitment process for the position of Manager:
Maebana, who was employed as Head of the Operational Programmes Management Unit in the City's Urban Waste Management Directorate, unsuccessfully applied for the managerial position when it was first advertised in 2022.
