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The Citizen reports that more than 1,000 fire reservists and contract workers are demanding permanent jobs from the City of Johannesburg.
Two groups of workers held separate protests at the Johannesburg Civic Centre demanding that mayor Geoff Makhubo should address them. The first was a group of fire reservists who have been in the city’s service for as long as 10 years. Nthai Monnye, chairman of the Fire Professions Council of Southern Africa, claimed that the group had been making attempts to get an audience with city officials since last year. Monnye went on to observe: “The Labour Relations Act is very clear. It says if you use someone for more than a year, it means you need that person, so why don’t you employ them.” Earlier this year, city manager Dr Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni met the group and apparently discussed the possibility of permanent employment, but there has apparently been no follow-up to date. It was established that the city had 240 vacancies, but that was before Emergency Management Services in Johannesburg fired 240 firefighters.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni on page 5 of The Citizen of 5 November 2020
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