The Citizen reports that the revenue management department’s executive director and acting chief financial officer were on Wednesday allegedly briefly held hostage in their Tshwane municipal finance offices by 50 protesting employees.  

The meter-reading workers’ demands included being appointed on a permanent basis and receiving a danger allowance.  Protesters said they were tired of being ignored by management, citing how dangerous their working conditions were.  The strike was apparently prompted by the workers’ soon-to-end contracts.  The demonstration left scores of residents who wanted to pay their accounts or buy electricity stranded.  The protesters said their action would continue until Mayor Solly Msimanga addressed their demands.

• Read this report by Virginia Keppler in full at The Citizen
• Read too, Services at municipal offices halted due to protest action, at HTSyndication

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