Most municipal workers have right to hold political office, top court rules

Samwu scores victory as ConCourt scraps ban on municipal workers holding political office

Municipal workers will not be barred anymore from holding positions within political parties, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled.

Most municipal workers have right to hold political office, top court rules

Samwu in 2023 challenged the constitutionality of the section that says municipal employees may not hold political office in a political party

Top court confirms municipal employees are free to hold political office

Apex court affirms labour court ruling on municipal workers’ rights

SACP welcomes Constitutional Court's judgment upholding workers' right to freedom of political association | South African Communist Party (SACP)

Thursday, 10 April 2025: The South African Communist Party (SACP) welcomes the Constitutional Court’s judgment upholding the Labour Court’s ruling that the blanket ban of municipal workers from holding political office in a political party, whether in a permanent, temporary or acting capacity, is unconstitutional and violates workers’ constitutional freedom to exercise their political rights. In its ruling, the Constitutional Court agreed with t…

Municipal staff allowed to hold political posts - Concourt confirms

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has confirmed a lower court ruling that set aside a clause of a municipal law that sought to bar all municipal employees from holding political positions in various political parties in the country. The ConCourt sitting in Braamfontein, Joburg, made the order confirming the ruling on Wednesday. It sent it to all parties that were involved in the litigation process that started in July 2023. That was after the …

Labour hails Concourt judgment as a triumph for workers' political rights

By Johnathan Paoli Cosatu has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling affirming the unconstitutionality of the Municipal Systems Amendment Act, saying it marks a decisive victory in the long-standing legal battle led by the federation and its municipal affiliate, Samwu. “This was a gross and shamefully unconstitutional assault on the right of freedom of political association and expression of not only municipal workers, but in fact a…