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RNews reports that a strike by Kouga Local Municipality staff affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) continued into a second day on Tuesday, with more reported damage to municipal offices.
On Monday, the municipality had to close its Jeffreys Bay offices after the strike turned violent. There has apparently been further damage to Council property, including the entrance gate to the Municipal building in Jeffreys Bay being broken open and human faeces being thrown onto a building in Humansdorp. The streets in Hankey have reportedly also seen trashed. The municipality said that the workers' grievance revolved around a number of Expanded Public Work Program (EPWP) workers, whose temporary contracts ended on 28 February and were not renewed.
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