Draft Municipal Staff Regulations

The Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has published the draft Municipal Staff Regulations (draft Regulations) for comment.

The draft Regulations seeks to amend the Municipal Staff Regulations, 2021 to align the Municipal Staff Regulations, 2021 with the institutional requirements of the Metro Trading Services Reform Programme; introduce definitions of “functional unit” or “business unit” and “department” to clarify staff establishment within municipalities; enable metropolitan municipalities to establish integrated business units for trading services, with clear accountability for performance and financial outcomes; provide a targeted regulatory dispensation to allow flexibility in the span of control of the Municipal Manager where required to implement the reform; support the implementation of the Single Point of Management Accountability (SPoMA) model; strengthen administrative and professional accountability in the management of trading services; and promote the broader objective of professionalising local government administration in line with constitutional principles of public administration.

Find here: Government notice
                 Draft Municipal Staff Regulations

Comments can be emailed to the Director-General at [email protected] or [email protected] by no later than Tuesday, 28 April 2026.