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The Citizen reports that the City of Tshwane has dismissed seven shop stewards it claims were the ‘ring leaders’ behind the recent unlawful and unprotected strike in the city.
This brings the total of employees fired since the strike started on 28 July 2023 to 100. City of Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba advised that six were shop stewards based at the city’s Middestad Building in the CBD. The seventh, based in Region 4, was dismissed for intimidation. “The shop stewards, after receiving letters of intention for their dismissal, embarked on a pushback by trashing the corridors of the Middestad Building with litter. So far, a total of 100 employees have been dismissed since the beginning of the strike action three weeks ago for either participating in the unlawful strike or for intimidating their colleagues,” Bokaba advised. He said more letters of intention to dismiss were being processed. Bokaba added that the city had intensified the identification of the intimidators, who had now resorted to wearing balaclavas, hats, caps, and shades to disguise their identities. Meanwhile, the city’s application to the Labour Court for a contempt of court order was dismissed on Monday on the grounds the matter was not urgent. According to Bokaba, the ruling has no bearing on the interim interdict granted to the city on 28 July.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen
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