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SundayTimes Daily reports that the ANC runs the risk of failing to register its candidates to contest this year’s municipal elections by the IEC’s 23 August deadline, as staff refuse to work overtime and at weekends due to outstanding salaries and other benefits.
Party employees countrywide remain on a “go-slow” in protest against not being paid, which means the ANC’s leaders face the risk of failing to submit the names of their preferred municipal councillor candidates for the elections scheduled for 27 October. Febe Potgieter, the general manager at ANC headquarters Luthuli House, has written a desperate letter to disgruntled staff, pleading with them to suspend the go-slow, work extra hours and, this weekend, help the party to meet the deadline. Staff have been on a go-slow since last month, only working the hours stipulated in their contracts. According to Potgieter, staff would be required to work late this week and again at the weekend. She said they were needed for candidate selection and the registration process to provide support to party structures in convening branch general meetings, community meetings and conducting interviews and the vetting process. The go-slow was acknowledged by ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, who on 5 August sent a letter to national and provincial ANC leaders telling them to allow staff to exercise their labour rights by embarking on a go-slow. It is not yet clear whether ANC staff have acceded to the plea from their bosses.
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgothatso Madisa at TimesLIVE
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