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Rubbish piles up as muni workers strike

Kayla RouxBy Kayla RouxMarch 18, 2014No Comments2 Mins Read
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Don't put your rubbish out – that's the request from acting municipal manager Mandisi Planga in light of an unprotected strike by municipal workers this week.

Don't put your rubbish out – that's the request from acting municipal manager Mandisi Planga in light of an unprotected strike by municipal workers this week.

This strike means rubbish collection and other services will be affected.

According to Planga, the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) members have been on strike since Wednesday 12 March according to Planga. 

On the morning of Monday 17 March the workers staged  a sit-in at city hall demanding to be addressed by MEC for local government Mlibo Qoboshiyane about their grievances.

Planga said the municipal Council and management sincerely apologise for any inconvenience the strike is causing. 

He also said as a result of the strike, the Municipality has been unable to render certain services. 

"In particular refuse collection. Members of the community are requested not to take out their domestic refuse rather keep it in their premises until the strike is over.

"The Council and administration urge the residents to be patient as they are doing all in their power to negotiate with the Union to reach an agreement so that everything should go back to normal,"

Samwu secretary Lindelwa Faltein said they would report to the town hall and wait for the MEC to come and address them. 

She emphasised that it was not a strike yet but a sit-in.

The strike started last month after municipal workers went over their bosses' heads, demanding intervention by the Province. 

They demanded a forensic audit of Makana Municipality's finances.

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. 

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