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TimesLIVE reports that the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) has called for the Amathole District Municipality to be placed under administration.
It has also called for the municipal manager, Thandekile Mnyimba, to be relieved of his duties as it claims that he has shown that he cannot competently run the municipality's affairs. The union made these demands after an announcement by the Eastern Cape municipality that it would not be able to pay salaries to 1,670 councillors, traditional leaders and all staff for four months, beginning in February, due to strained financial resources. The union's Eastern Cape secretary, Luzuko Yalezo, said that of greatest concern was that the municipality did not consult workers on this development. Yalezo pointed out that the move had significant impact on the livelihoods of workers and service delivery for Amathole residents. Noting that the municipality had asked workers to make arrangements with creditors for the period during which it would not be paying salaries, Yalezo said the council had not taken into account that food was not bought on credit, while transportation to work for workers and their dependents was also not given on credit. He added that the call for the municipality to be placed under administration was informed by a number of developments, including maladministration, financial mismanagement, corruption, outsourcing, privatisation and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at TimesLIVE
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