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Johannesburg Labour Court on Friday granted the group dubbed the City of Joburg 130 an urgent interdict that will block the City of Joburg from proceeding with the termination of their employment contracts.
The discontinuation of more than 130 city employees’ contracts stems from the city’s stance that the group was moved from fixed-term to permanent contracts without due processes being followed.
Judge Connie Prinsloo ruled that pending the determination by the SA Local Government Bargaining Council, the city was restricted from implementing the council resolution to rescind the decision made by the mayoral committee last year that converted 130 workers from contract to permanent staff.
Prinsloo also ordered the city to pay the applicants’ costs, which include two counsels.
“We welcome the judgment as it vindicates our long-standing position that our employment at the City of Joburg was affected within the prescription of the South African labour laws,” the group said.
READ: ‘City of Joburg 130’ will suffer dire consequences if their contracts end
The group submitted an urgent interdict after the city expressed its intention to terminate their contracts at the end of the month. The group is comprised of political staff from various parties who are advisers, directors, media liaisons, office managers and researchers who were initially employed on a fixed-term basis.
The employees received letters from the then mayoral council in March last year offering the conversion from contracts to permeant positions.
On February 25, the council rescinded last year’s decision to employ the staff permanently. On February 28, it informed them of the conversion of the employment status back to fixed-term contracts.
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