The Citizen reports that service delivery in the City of Tshwane remains at a go-slow as the illegal strike by SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) continued into the fourth week, while they awaited the ruling of the salary and wage increase exemption application at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council.

The application will apparently be considered on Wednesday. In many parts of Tshwane, garbage bags stood uncollected while residents in Mamelodi waited almost two weeks for the power to be reconnected in their area due to municipal workers being too scared to go out and work. Tshwane MMC for utilities and regional operations and coordination Themba Fosi said the city was working hard to address the high number of service interruptions across the city. Cosatu Gauteng chair Amos Monyela confirmed the strike was still ongoing. Last week, Samwu accused the city of illegally locking out employees from accessing their workplaces and municipal vehicles they used to provide services. It was believed Red Ant Security Relocation & Eviction Services were called to the Temba water department plant to remove workers, while others were barred from entering their offices as it was cordoned off with razor wire. .

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marizka Coetzer at The Citizen (subscriber access only)
• Lees ook, Tshwane: Samwu-staking steeds nie verby, by Maroela Media

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