The Zululand district municipality has found that five senior managers are not qualified for their jobs while two do not have post-matric qualifications.
The information came to light after mayor Thulasizwe Buthelezi gave 34 senior managers an ultimatum to submit their qualifications for verification to ensure compliance with municipal competency levels for senior managers.
Buthelezi said the seven posts will be advertised immediately as a result of resignations and the reconfiguration of duties to allow new skills to be brought into the municipality.
The vacant positions are:
deputy director: disaster management;
deputy director: corporate services;
deputy director: airport services;
deputy director: local economic development;
deputy director: human resources;
deputy director: special projects, and;
manager: fleet services.
The mayor has previously said that retaining qualified managers only would enable the municipality to eradicate dysfunctional governance and mismanagement.
