Axed Cape Town manager loses final court bid

The Constitutional Court has rejected a bid by axed Cape Town municipal manager Wallace Mgoqi to have it hear his case. The decision was handed down on Friday, three days after the Cape High Court turned down his bid for leave to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. The new Democratic Alliance-led Cape Town city government fired Mgoqi, claiming the extension of his contract by the previous mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo was invalid. Mgoqi challenged this but in last month, a full High Court bench set aside the extension, and ordered that Mgoqi vacate his office.