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The Star reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has accused bus operator Putco of mistreating its suspended workers.
This comes after more than 120 employees, mostly bus drivers, were suspended for participating in an illegal strike in 2022. Since then, the employees have been attending their disciplinary hearings on a regular basis at the company’s Soweto depot. The latest accusation came amid an intensified back and forth war of words after the union accused the bus operator of dumping human waste in the bush located next to its Soweto depot. A suspended employee apparently recorded a video of a van carrying a mobile toilet, dumping alleged faeces in a bushy area, within the Putco premises. In a statement at the weekend, Numsa spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, claimed that the company kept the suspended employees as prisoners who were denied access to clean water and ablution facilities while they were required to report at the depot every day since their 2022 suspension. “Workers are forced to sit in an area known as the ‘cage’ and their movements are restricted. They may not drink decent water or use decent toilets. Putco is behaving like the guard of a jail by insisting that workers report to ‘prison’ if they want to get their salaries in full,” Hlubi-Majola alleged. However, Putco has denied the allegations, saying Numsa was conducting a smear campaign against it.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Sithole at The Star
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