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The Sunday Independent reported on Sunday that the West Rand District Municipality was still locked in a stalemate with the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) over non-payment to third parties of contributions in respect of employees.
The municipality failed to contribute to workers’ medical aid and provident funds for three months after officials invested over R70-million in the now liquidated VBS Mutual Bank. Samwu regional secretary Siseko Siyothula observed that the VBS investment was none of their business and added: “The employer should meet the workers’ demands, and we don’t care about the investment with VBS.” Meanwhile, Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s spokesperson, Castro Ngobese, said a task team had been appointed to resolve the deadlock by convening meetings with all affected parties to present a framework to stabilise the municipality. “The premier has appointed a team of MECs working closely with labour, district municipality and national government to find a solution to the challenges besieging the municipality. Our broad objective is to make sure that all challenges are addressed in a very structured and systematic manner to avoid disruption of service delivery. We are hopeful that a solution will be found very soon,” said Ngobese.
- Read the full original report by Manyane Manyane at The Sunday Independent
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