Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)

Regulations

Local Government: Regulations on Appointment and Conditions of Employment of Senior Managers

Chapter 3 : Recruitment, Selection and Appointment

6. Principles of recruitment

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(1)The recruitment, selection and appointment of senior managers must take place in accordance with the municipal systems and procedures contemplated in section 67 of the Act that are consistent with sections 54A, 56, 57A and 72 of the Act.

 

(2)A senior manager post must be filled through public advertising, in accordance with the procedures contemplated in regulation 10.

 

(3)Selection must be competence-based to enhance the quality of appointment decisions and to ensure the effective performance by municipalities of their functions.