Mr Charles Makola, the former Mpumalanga ANC deputy chairperson and Nkangala district municipal manager, is smiling after winning a three-year-long case dealing with his unfair dismissal.
The Nkangala municipality dismissed Makola a month before his contract was to expire.
He was accused of hiring a blacklisted company to do work for the municipality, appointing a business that submitted tender documents after the closing date for a contract, and giving work to another company without it undergoing a competitive bidding process.
Makola challenged his dismissal at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). They ruled that he was unfairly dismissed. The CCMA ordered the council to pay Makola R1.5 million, which was his annual salary at the time of his dismissal.
