Court dismisses former Cape Town city manager’s application

The Cape High Court has dismissed with cost the application by former Cape Town city manager Wallace Mgoqi for leave to appeal against an earlier judgement setting aside the extention of his contract. Mgoqi’s hopes now lie with the Constitutional Court where his legal representatives have applied for leave to appeal on the grounds that his right to fair labour practice had been infringed. Judge Deon van Zyl found today that no new legal argument had been advanced. Mgoqi will now have to pay his own legal costs as well as that of the city.