TimesLIVE reports that the Johannesburg city council has approved a recommendation to reappoint Floyd Brink as city manager. The decision was taken during an ordinary meeting of the council on Thursday.

After a year-long recruitment process and multiple delays, the report on the appointment process was successfully presented to the council after having been rescinded at the eleventh hour last week. Brink was presented to the council as the highest-ranking candidate, with a score of 114. The council had previously convened a closed in-committee meeting at which mayor Dada Morero had presented a recommendation to the council to halt the appointment process for the post of city manager and investigate the leak of the recommendation report, saying it could have compromised the integrity of the process. Morero later withdrew that proposal. Brink was ousted last year through a DA-sponsored court bid in which they contested his appointment at that time, citing irregularities in the initial recruitment process. He reapplied for the position when it was advertised this year.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Sisanda Mbolekwa at TimesLIVE
• Read too, Floyd Brink reappointed as Johannesburg city manager, at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)

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