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TimesLIVE reports that Gauteng human settlements MEC Uhuru Moiloa has been accused of "dumping" his staff at an "unsafe" Johannesburg inner city building while he occupies a cushy office in affluent Killarney.
Moreover, Moiloa holds departmental meetings in Sandton while other officials of the department fear for their lives at the "shaky building" in the CBD. The human settlements department moved offices from the Bank of Lisbon building five months ago after it caught fire and was gutted. Three firefighters lost their lives in the fire. Moiloa worked from the same offices until that disaster. His staff are now housed at 11 Diagonal Street in a building they claim is unsafe. Their fears mounted when former departmental head Matilda Gasela told them in December that "it is normal for a building to shake" when they raised concerns with her. "The general feeling among workers is that the MEC and HOD are not in touch with our struggles because they are housed elsewhere where it is safe when we are subjected to such terrible conditions that put our lives at risk. All we are asking for is let them come and have offices in the same space so that they can put us at ease," charged one official. But departmental spokesperson Lebo Keswa claimed that no safety concerns had been brought to Moiloa's attention. William Maphutha, chairperson of the public sector union Nehawu at human settlements, said they were fighting for the safety of workers.
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