The laws come amid a wider effort to professionalise the public service and clamp down on questionable appointments in local government.
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the local government Municipal Systems Amendment Bill into law, barring municipal workers and senior managers from holding political office.
Municipalities are also now required to maintain a record of disciplinary proceedings against staff members dismissed for misconduct which will be handed over to the Minister of Cooperative Governance Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to monitor.
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