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City Press reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) is looking into the possibility of retrenching more staff to create a structure that is more suitable to its needs. The decision will be made before the end of the party’s financial year next month.
This will be the second time in the past six months that the official opposition finds itself having to axe employees. In September, the party retrenched 51 employees after the poor election results. In a letter to its employees dated 11 February, the party explained that its federal council was undergoing a review process and would be “restructuring”, a move that could see the party cut down on jobs. “We will soon meet with employees who may be affected by this process, and we remain committed to engaging openly to reach the best possible outcome,” the letter indicated. DA federal finance chairperson Dion George said the party was working on finalising its new structure, after which it would be able to determine exactly how many employees would be axed. He added that the process was not due to financial difficulties in the party because, in fact, the DA had been able to attract investors even after it lost a substantial amount of support in last year’s general elections. The organisational review steering committee will meet on Friday to work out exactly how the restructuring will unfold. Meantime, The Sunday Times report over the weekend that the DA’s national management committee (NMC) took a decision last week to retrench 300 staffers, which has not yet been communicated to employees. The party employs about 700 people. “The NMC pre-empted that it will take 300 layoffs to secure the salary bill, but some leaders have proposed that provinces must be allowed to see if they can save jobs,” a provincial leader told the newspaper.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Queenin Masuabi at City Press
- Read too, ‘Secret decision’ made to axe 300 DA staffers, on page 7 of The Sunday Times of 16 February 2020
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