News24 reports that a group of firefighters have turned the heat up on the City of Cape Town, saying they are tired of being paid intern rates for facing the same flames as older colleagues.  

Charles Hlalanathi Gagayi of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) indicated on Thursday that new firefighters earned intern rates when they started, and this stayed the same even after they received their certificates of qualification and their badges.  This was being challenging at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).  Apparently there could be a difference of as much as R5,000 between the pay of a learner firefighter and a firefighter.  Further written argument has been requested by the CCMA commissioner.

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