SowetanLive reports that about 50 Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) staff members are on strike‚ demanding payment of last year’s bonuses and the reversal of new employee policies.  

Icasa spokesperson Paseka Maleka confirmed that the industrial action began on Monday‚ with striking employees gathering outside their offices.  The strikers are not affiliated to any union and come from various Icasa divisions.  According to Maleka, the staff members say they did not agree to new policies‚ allegedly negotiated and approved by Icasa and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).  They are also demanding payment of their bonuses for the 2014/2015 financial year.  They lodged their grievances with the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) leading up to the strike.

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