Pretoria News reports that nearly four years of fighting for their wages eventually paid off for several employees of the City of Tshwane, who heard last week that they would eventually receive their long-awaited shift allowances.  

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ordered that the city was liable to pay its employees who work in various depots in the energy and electricity departments their shift allowances dating back to 2015.  The city was given 10 days from last Thursday to determine how much was due to the workers, and it immediately thereafter had to pay them the money.  Acting Judge Urmila Bhoola directed that the city had to continue to pay the shift allowance every month to each of its workers eligible for this allowance.  The workers, members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu), turned to court with the help of their union following years of fruitless negotiations with the city.  They lodged their first grievance against the city in 2015, complaining that there were inconsistencies within the city in that some workers were paid allowances, while others were not.  The judge noted that the city simply gave a bare denial of any wrongdoing and concluded that the workers were entitled to their money.

• Read the full original of Zelda Venter’s report on the above story at Pretoria News

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