Ms Candice April

Manager Legal Services

Tel: 046 603 6169
Fax: 046 622 9700
E-mail : capril@makana.gov.za

  LEGAL SERVICES UNIT

• Provide Legal Advice and Guidance to the Council, Executive Mayor and Municipal Manager
• Provide Municipality advise on all Labour Matters

• Handle all legal matters arising from Directorates
• Represent Employer at SALGBC and CCM

• Manage all Legal Risk
• Conduct Preliminary investigations

• Monitor and ensure Legal Compliance
• Act as initiator during Disciplinary Tribunals

• Contracts Management
• Ensure Compliance with Labour Laws

• Manage Litigations for and against Municipality
• Compile Statistics and Records of all Labour Matters

• Summons and Notices Of Motion Management
• Ensure sound Labour Relations and peace

• Instruct and Consult with Municipal Attorneys[with approval of MM]
• Provide training on Labour Relations Legislative Framework

• Drafting of By–Laws
• Review Policies to ensure compliance with Labour Laws and other relevant Legislations

• Attend to Bill of Cost
• Strike Management

• Attend to Court Orders
• Provide Dispute Resolution

• Attend to Compliance Orders
• Advise line Managers on application of Labour Laws and Collective Agreements

• Knowledge of Local Government Legislative Framework
• Analyzing trends on misconduct , grievances and disputes

• Knowledge of Rules of the Court
• Identify potential conflict areas and training needs

• Conveyancing
• Constantly keeping abreast with recent case law, publications, Legislations and articles on Employment Law etc.

• General Legal Advise
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and Collective Agreements

• Drafting of contracts

• Interpretation of Contracts

• Interpret and asses Legal Documents

• Legal Research