TimesLIVE reports that the Labour Court has granted water authority Mhlathuze Water an interim interdict preventing its workers from protesting.  

This followed industrial action by workers affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) on Monday in which striking workers allegedly disrupted the water supply in some parts of Richards Bay.  The protest action was allegedly related to labour issues, but Mhlathuze Water said they had afforded the union an opportunity to discuss the issue.  “When the management of Mhlathuze Water and the city of uMhlathuze afforded union representatives an audience on Monday afternoon, they spurned the opportunity of discussing their alleged grievances with the management and opted instead to picket,” the water authority advised on Tuesday.  The interdict forbids striking workers from disrupting the delivery of water or gathering without permission.

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