Durban – The Labour Court has ruled in favour of metro police head Steve Middleton following a 2-year battle to prove that he was chosen for the post based on his experience and qualifications.
In 2020, The Mercury reported that Middleton challenged the KwaZulu-Natal bargaining council ruling that found that two metro police officers, Aubrey Mthethwa and Nhlanhla Mthethwa, should have been promoted to the same post.
Middleton had been acting as the head of the unit for a year when he was officially appointed in 2018.
The two officers and the SA Municipal Workers' Union based their argument on the premise that Middleton was not a metro officer by training.
Court documents list eThekwini Municipality as the applicant with the SA Local Government Bargaining Council, Charles Oakes (commissioner of the KZN bargaining council), Nhlanhla Mthethwa, PW Aubrey Mthethwa, Shadrack Nxumalo, Eric Khuzwayo, Siphiwe Ndlovu and Steve Middleton as the respondents.
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