EWN reports that Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba says he doesn’t understand why Jozi@Work employees are still angry with him as he has given the assurance that jobs won’t be shed.
Johannesburg Metro Police on Wednesday escorted Pikitup workers who were cleaning the city centre after people believed to be affiliated with the Jozi@Work programme trashed the area in protest over Mashaba’s cancellation of the program. The workers were demanding that Mashaba reinstate the programme, saying 8,000 jobs have been lost. Mashaba insisted, however, that the programme only benefited a few politically aligned to the ANC and that no one was going to lose their job.
- Read this report by Mia Lindeque in full at EWN
- Read too, Jozi@Work protesters wreak havoc in the city, at IOL News
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