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GroundUp reports that over 300 workers marched in the pouring rain from King Dinuzulu Park to the city hall in Durban’s city centre on Tuesday, demanding, among other things, to be insourced by the eThekwini municipality.
They marched under the banners of the Municipal and Allied Trade Union of SA (Matusa) and the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu). According to their memorandum, the workers wanted security guards, water meter readers and those on contracts to the solid waste department to get permanent jobs at the municipality. Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi addressed marchers, claiming that workers at eThekwini municipality earned less than their counterparts in other metros such as Cape Town, Nelson Mandela and Johannesburg. Matusa president Thulani Ngwenya Matusa said the workers wanted the union to be recognised and they wanted to be paid on a higher salary scale. The marchers were told that their memorandum would be accepted by Thulani Mahlobo from the mayor’s office, but they demanded that the mayor should accept himself it. Thembo Ntuli from the mayor’s office eventually accepted the memorandum after two hours. He promised that the municipality would respond within a week.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tsoanelo Sefoloko at GroundUp
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