The New Age reports that the future of thousands of contract workers working for the Tshwane municipality is at stake with the threat of job losses looming.  

It is also uncertain if the municipality's offices situated at 373 Pretorius Street would be up and running on Monday after last week's disruptions following protests by workers demanding permanent job placements.  According to SA Municipal Workers’ Union’s (Samwu’s) Mpho Tladinyane, a meeting was held last year with the city management regarding absorbing the workers permanently.  "The employer said that it would be finalised by the mayoral committee, but to date it has not," he indicated.  He also denied reports that workers had held two officials hostage last week, saying they had merely wanted to know where they stood after learning that only about 3,000 out of 8,000 of them would be absorbed by the city.  A second issue that has been causing tensions is the accusation by workers that a director in the city’s electricity depot in Centurion used the "K" word on employees

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