The Citizen reports that hundreds of furious waste management workers on Thursday drove through the streets of Pretoria spreading litter and blocking roads with tree branches.  

This was after the Moipone Group of Companies terminated their contracts from 3 May without any reason or warning.  One of the workers was involved in a hit-and-run accident and his head and leg were injured.  The workers had been responsible for collecting waste in Pretoria and the surrounding areas that fall under the City of Tshwane.  Their representative, Jonas Lebeya, said they were informed over the long weekend that they did not have jobs anymore.  “The company sent someone with a letter to us.  We don’t even know this person and there was no prior notice.  We are furious.  Today we have showed them what we can do, but if they do not give heed to our demands, there will be fire in Pretoria,” he said.  The workers handed over a memorandum of demands, which was accepted by a representative of Moipone.

• Read this report by Virginia Keppler in full at The Citizen
• See too, Tshwane streets littered with waste over lack of sub-contractor non-payment, at Pretoria News

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