Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Makana municipality staged a sit-in at the city hall on the morning of Monday 17 March.
Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Makana municipality staged a sit-in at the city hall on the morning of Monday 17 March.
They want the MEC for local government to address them about their grievances.
Monday's action came after a week's lull.
The strike started last month after municipal workers went over their bosses' heads, demanding intervention by the Province.
They called for Local Government MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane to come and address them.
A delegation from the province sent by Qoboshiyane came to Makana to receive the workers' memorandum of grievances.
Among the demands was a call for a forensic audit of Makana Municipality's finances.
Salaries and benefits have been affected by the cash crisis the municipality is currently facing.
A worker who did not want to be identified for fear of victimisation told Grocott's Mail on Monday that they would sit at the city hall until the MEC comes.
"Last week on the 11 we were told he was coming, and then he postponed. Now we hear that he cannot come because it is not in his jurisdiction to address unions," said the worker.
"We have downed tools. We are going to sit in this hall every day. Tomorrow we are going to come back and sit here until the MEC comes," he said.
Grocott's Mail has tried to get comment from both the union leadership and the management in Makana, but with no success.
More in Thursday's edition of Grocott's Mail.
