Amahlathi Local Municipality

Eastern Cape Municipality Withdraws Undertaking to Refund Employees Whose Salaries Were Incorrectly Adjusted

PAID OUT: Zamuxolo Sasha, the Municipal Manager of the Amahlathi Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, was paid more that R7000 in damages to his car tyre by striking workers allegedly without any verification conducted. Photo: Facebook

The ANC-run Amahlathi Local Municipality in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, has abruptly withdrawn an undertaking it made to backpay employees whose salaries were incorrecntly adjusted. The back pay was supposed to kick in when the employees get their salaries for June this year, but it was withdrawn in a letter dated 15 June 2025. Initially, the… Continue reading Eastern Cape Municipality Withdraws Undertaking to Refund Employees Whose Salaries Were Incorrectly Adjusted

Amahlathi Municipality Employees Dispute Employer Claims They Are Paid Accordingly

CHALLENGED: The Amahlathi Local Municipality is being legally challenged by its employees. Photo: Facebook

Several employees of the Amahlathi Local Municipality in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, are taking the municipality to task for claiming that they are paid according to the tasks they perform in the workplace. The employees have since unleashed their lawyers from Moletsane PN Attorneys Inc. in East London to challenge the disparity. This follows last week’s claim in… Continue reading Amahlathi Municipality Employees Dispute Employer Claims They Are Paid Accordingly

Eastern Cape Municipality Pays Up after Municipal Manager Claims Striking Workers Damaged his Car

The financially struggling Amahlathi Local Municipality, anchored in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, had to fork out money to pay for damages to the car of its municipal manager (MM) allegedly by striking municipal employees. The municipality had to fork out R7766.70 after Zamuxolo Shasha had to replace a tyre on his Ford Ranger. According… Continue reading Eastern Cape Municipality Pays Up after Municipal Manager Claims Striking Workers Damaged his Car

Eastern Cape CoGTA Asked to Investigate Amahlathi Municipality’s R7 Million Tender for Old Office Demolition

INVESTIGATION: Eastern Cape Cogta MEC Zolile Williams has been asked to probe the costly tender awarded by the Amahlathini Municipality for the demolition of this old municipal building. Photo: Supplied.

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in the Eastern Cape has been asked to institute an investigation into the tender that was awarded by the ANC-run Amahlathi Local Municipality to demolish old municipal offices in the town of Stutterheim. The request was made by community activist Siyabulela Malawu to MEC Zolile Williams… Continue reading Eastern Cape CoGTA Asked to Investigate Amahlathi Municipality’s R7 Million Tender for Old Office Demolition