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SowetanLive reports that one worker has been killed and three others injured at the Steve Tshwete local municipality's head office in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, after they were shot, allegedly by security guards employed by the council.
“Four people have been hospitalised after they were shot by security guards at the Steve Tshwete local municipality. The police are on the scene dealing with the situation. According to our information, employees were shot after forcing their way inside the municipal buildings,” said Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala. This came after the municipality was intending to suspend about 100 employees who have been on strike since Monday last week, demanding a salary increase. They want their employment scale to be upgraded to level five so that their salaries and benefits automatically improve. An employee noted: “We are employees here and we are allowed to enter the building but the security guards of the acting municipal manager decided to shoot at us. Employees heard that they were to be suspended and wanted to enter and get their letters of suspension but they shot at them.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mandla Khoza at TimesLive
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