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Pretoria News reports that the City of Tshwane has strongly condemned the torching of its depot in Mabopane on Monday by a group of disgruntled former Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers.
At about 8am, about 45 people descended on the waste management depot, broke down the security gate, and burnt the stock of waste bins, an asbestos office and a kitchen. They also damaged the security cubicle and toilet windows. The Rosslyn fire division was quickly dispatched to extinguish the fire. City spokesperson Selby Bokaba said: “The former employees have been responsible for a series of disruptions of services and causing chaos across the city since the beginning of this year after the expiry of their contracts. We call upon law enforcement to take action against those who have been vandalising the City’s assets and intimidating our employees.” A case docket has been registered with the police. The EPWP is a national initiative aimed at reducing unemployment and alleviating poverty through the creation of short-term work opportunities and the use of labour-intensive methods. In 2017, Tshwane revised its EPWP recruitment policy framework. Then in December, the executive mayor oversaw a lottery of over 3,000 beneficiaries for the EPWP, some of whom commenced their duties at the beginning of the year.
- Read this report in full at Pretoria News
- See too, Former EPWP workers set Tshwane waste management depot alight, at SowetanLive
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