{"id":60597,"date":"2020-08-07T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T09:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/sbm-burgemeester-onder-die-loep-20200805-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:11:17","slug":"sbm-burgemeester-onder-die-loep-20200805-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/sbm-burgemeester-onder-die-loep-20200805-3\/","title":{"rendered":"SBM-burgemeester onder die loep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Die stof wil n\u00e9t nie gaan l\u00ea nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die vyf \u201comstrede\u201d politieke aanstellings in die kantoor van die DA-burgemeester van Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit (SBM), is alweer, of altans, nog steeds in die nuus. Die burgemeester, Marius Koen is verlede week deur politieke partye, op media-platforms en televisieverslaggewing gepeper oor beweerde ongerymdhede wat die genoemde politieke aanstellings betref, en hy moes ook aantygings van korrupsie en bedrog, wat glo in sy kantoor plaasvind, aanhoor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koen het in reaksie hierop Saterdag in \u2019n videoverklaring wat vir die Saldanhabaai-burgemeester se nuwe sosiale media-kanaal, SMC verfilm is, ges\u00ea, \u201claat hulle wat so maklik klip gooi met bewyse kom, anders is hulle aantygings slegs onwaar en afbrekende polities gemotiveerde stellings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verder het Weslander <\/em>vandeesweek verneem \u2019n voormalige werknemer in di\u00e9 kantoor, een van die politieke aanstellings, het SBM in die arbitrasiehof aangevat om skade-vergoeding te eis nadat hy volgens \u2019n verslag van die Suid-Afrikaanse plaaslike regering-bedingingsraad uit sy pos as strategiese raadgewer van die uitvoerende burgemeester \u201contslaan is\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aanstellingsprosedure  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>Reeds sedert 2016 is die geldigheid van die aanstellingsprosedure van die vyf personeellede in die burgemeester se kantoor in twyfel getrek. Jaco Kotze, \u2019n raadslid van die Saldanhabaai-inwonersaliansie (SIA), wou weet of di\u00e9 aanstellings moontlik op \u201conre\u00eblmatig en vrugtelose bestedings kan neergekom?\u201d Weslander het verlede jaar berig dat die openbare beskermer \u2019n ondersoek is van stapel gestuur het om die bewerings in die burgemeester se kantoor te ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intussen het die ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika in sy 2018\u2019-19-oudit van die munisipaliteit bevind dat alhoewel daar vir die aanstellings begroot is, dit \u201conre\u00eblmatig en nie in lyn met wetgewing\u201d gedoen is nie. Die ouditeur-generaal het daarna versoek dat die poste einde verlede jaar geadverteer word, aangesien dit nie aan die publiek geadverteer was nie en voorheen op grond van nominasie gedoen is. Die personeellede sou dan weer vir hulle poste moes aansoek doen. Dit blyk nou dat SBM moontlik \u2019n fout met die advertensie gemaak het toe die vyf poste in November 2019 in Weslander<\/em> geadverteer is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die salarisskaal is volgens die voormalige werknemer wat met Weslander<\/em> gepraat het, vir minder geadverteer as wat die vyf personeellede verdien en die afsnytyd vir aansoeke op die advertensie, was net \u2019n week n\u00e1 die plasing daarvan, teenoor \u2019n verpligte tydperk van drie weke soos wetgewing vereis. Vir die voormalige werknemer het die geadverteerde salaris en dit wat hy werklik verdien het, met sowat R9000 verskil. In die verslag van die bedingingsraad waarvan Weslander \u2019n afskrif het, word daar genoem dat die munisipale bestuurder onder kruisverhoor erken dat hy ook van mening was dat die betrokke advertensie verkeerd geplaas is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onregverdig ontslaan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens die verslag is die voormalige strategiese raadgewer van die burgemeester einde November uit sy pos ontslaan aangesien hy nie weer vir sy pos aansoek gedoen het nie. Hy was aanvanklik op \u2019n jaarkontrak aangestel en sy kontrak is daarna van maand tot maand hernu. Hy het die geadverteerde salaris bevraagteken en dit glo onder die munisipale bestuurder se aandag gebring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy was van mening dat sy aanstelling in die pos, omdat sy kontrak ook \u2019n klousule bevat wat dit bevestig, wettiglik aan die termyn van die burgemeester gekoppel is, en daarom het hy nie weer vir sy werk aansoek gedoen nie.Hy s\u00ea het daarop aangedring dat die advertensie teruggetrek word en die proses, reg en wettiglik oorgedoen word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit het egter nie gebeur nie. Wat hom pla is die feit dat die ander politiese aanstellings weer vir hulle poste, soos geadverteer teen \u2019n verminderde salaris, aansoek gedoen het, maar steeds glo die ho\u00ebr salarisse verdien. \u201cDit kom neer op bedrog,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die bedingingsraad het bevind dat die voormalige strategiese raadgewer van die burgemeester onregverdig ontslaan is en weer vir sy werk op 1 Augustus moet aanmeld. Hy het vir werk opgedaag, maar iemand anders is reeds in die pos aangestel. Die uitspraak bepaal ook dat SBM die werknemer vir die verlies van sy inkomste sedert Desember 2019, skadevergoeding van R254 745, 60 moet betaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Munisipaliteit antwoord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drieka Smit, bestuurder van kommunikasie en kli\u00ebntediens by die munisipaliteit het namens SBM aan Weslander geskryf: \u201cdi\u00e9 uitspraak sal op hersiening geneem word aangesien die voorsittende beampte verskeie feitelike en regsgronde in sy bevindinge en uitspraak misgetas het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Die werknemer het n\u00e1 die verstryking van sy tydelike aanstelling, nie weer aansoek gedoen vir die pos nie en vereis nou om weer in sy pos aangestel te word. \u201dDie voormalige strategiese raadgewer is egter bereid om met SBM te skik, aangesien hy besef dat die pos reeds gevul is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In die genoemde video van die burgemeester wat op die SMC-kanaal gepubliseer is, verduidelik Koen dat die politieke aanstellings wat bystandfunksies in die burgemeester se kantoor verrig, \u201calgemene praktyk is, al vir menige termyne onder verskillende partye vir die kantoor van die burgemeester goedgekeur is\u201d, dat daar vir die \u201cposte begroot is\u201d en dat di\u00e9 poste \u201cgewoonlik saam met die termyn van die uitvoerende burgemeester loop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die werknemer wat die arbitrasiesaak teen SBM gewen het, is van mening Koen erken dan self die poste \u201cloop saam met die termyn van die burgemeester.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy voel derduisende rande in belastingbetalersgeld gaan gemors word omdat SBM die saak wil hersien. \u201cOp grond van wat?\u201d vra hy.  Koen het in sy video alle beweringe van bedrog ontken en ges\u00ea hy is nog nooit as burgemeester \u201cdeur die ouditeur-generaal skuldig aan korrupsie bevind nie\u201d en dat in werklikheid SBM al drie skoon oudits gedurende sy termyn as burgemeester gekry het. \u201cMy hartsbegeerte is om my gemeenskap tot die beste van my overmo\u00eb te bedien,\u201d het hy afgesluit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**(Nota van redakteur: Hierdie is die volledige berig, \u2018n verkorte weergawe is in die 6 Augustus 2020-uitgawe gepubliseer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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