(1) Whether, with reference to the appeal by the Oudtshoorn Municipality against the Western Cape High Court ruling that the appointment of a certain person (name furnished) as municipal manager should be declared null and void, the said person is currently being paid for the position of municipal manager; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, for what reason; (2) why did the mayor, despite the municipal council’s decision not to appeal the ruling, instruct lawyers to appeal the court’s decision; (3) whether the legal costs of the appeal will be paid by the municipality; if not, who will pay the legal fees; if so, why?