Maroela Media reports that on Saturday evening, the City of Tshwane took the extraordinary step of issuing 89 letters to electricity switching teams members across all the regions, except in Region 7, in relation to failure to perform their duties during the ongoing illegal strike.
The switching teams are the first employees to respond to electricity outages. Their duties primarily relate to isolating faults, issuing permits for testing or issuing working permits. They are also responsible for restoration of power on 11kv network faults. The City instructed them identify the persons/employees who have been intimidating or preventing them from performing their duties. The teams have been given a deadline of 7 August 2023 to submit written responses about the alleged acts of intimidation. According to Selby Bokaba, Tshwane spokesman, last week was the second week during which these teams stayed off work because of alleged intimidation by their striking colleagues. Meanwhile, last Thursday the city issued 41 letters of intention to dismiss striking employees affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union. The City Manager has issued multiple ultimatums to the striking employees to return to work and to desist from intimidating their non-striking colleagues.
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