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News24 reports that scores of City Power employees were left stranded on Monday morning when a group of protesters denied them access to their building.
Workers stood next to their vehicles outside their offices in Booysens, Johannesburg, while a group of unemployed demonstrators demanded employment. They claimed that they were among scores of people who had applied for 200 trade assistant positions that had been advertised, but that the electricity entity had failed to employ them as promised. They also alleged that the entity employed people who had not applied and that some candidates had paid R3,500 each to skip the queue and secure employment. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena confirmed that they advertised 200 trade assistant posts in May and said about 9,000 CVs were received. Only those who met the requirements for the positions wrote the assessment tests, on the basis of which the successful candidates were selected and appointed. Mangena added that some of the protesters were employees of contractors linked to City Power. "They are of the view that we shouldn't have advertised the posts but absorb them since they are already working for City Power, albeit indirectly. We indicated to them that it is impossible and unlawful because we still have contractors working for us, and we can't poach their employees," said Mangena. City Power is probing the allegations of nepotism.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
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