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The Herald reports that almost half of the posts in Nelson Mandela Bay’s infrastructure and engineering department are vacant. This was revealed in a report tabled at the infrastructure and engineering committee ton Friday.
The department has a total of 1,094 posts, with 478 of them vacant and 335 not budgeted for. The committee urged that the metro accelerate the filling of vacant positions to enhance service delivery. ANC councillor Nonkuthalo Maswana said she was not impressed with the rate at which the city was filling vacancies and added: “We need a detailed plan as to how we are going to improve the rate at which we are filling vacancies because this is not a good picture, especially for this department.”
GOOD councillor Lawrence Troon urged the city to review how it applied demographic data when considering job applicants. “According to the Employment Equity Act, coloured people are referred to as black, but when it comes to employment opportunities, they are seen as just coloured and not African, which affects the job opportunities afforded to them. This is causing immense dissatisfaction among the people. We have to take a look at this contradiction as we go forward,” he stated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Andisa Bonani at The Herald
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