Lawyers representing the City of Johannesburg’s 130 workers who have been fired say notices given to the employees had several procedural defects. On February 28, council took a decision to reserve a October 2021 resolution that converted fixed-term contracts of the workers, making them permanent staff members. The DA-led multi-party coalition said the October decision was unlawful and the conversion of contracts was irregular. Members of the coalition said they had not been able to make any political appointments since coming into power. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Mojalefa Motal…