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News24 reports that around 200 firefighters have reportedly been dismissed from the City of Johannesburg after an unauthorised strike.
The dismissals were due to an illegal strike by union Demawusa earlier this year, according to a report by eNCA. The dismissals were confirmed by Demawusa spokesperson Dion Makhura. However, the union had received no official communication from the City, he said. City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi confirmed that 202 employees had been dismissed for a range of charges, including gross insubordination, dereliction of duties, acting in a manner that is in breach of their employment contact or job description, acting in a manner that is unlawful, and bringing the name of the City of Johannesburg into disrepute, following an illegal strike. The dismissed firefighters have seven days to lodge an appeal. The strike in July followed accusations by firefighters that Emergency Services Management was not adhering to the National Health Act. Some of the firefighters were also reportedly forced to live in an unsafe building. During the strike, firefighters refused to attend to emergency calls made to the Jabulani, Johannesburg Central, Ivory Park and Rosebank fire stations, citing that some of the allocated duties assigned to them as basic life support officers were in fact duties to be performed by the intermediate life support officers. The firefighters also requested around the clock escorts from the JMPD when responding to emergencies.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24
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