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BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has called off a strike set for Thursday at Silulumanzi, a water services company in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, after agreeing to a 6.5% pay increase.
“The increase will be applicable from the end of this month ... it is valid from January 1 to December 31 2025. The strike has officially been averted,” Numsa’s Pholo Sebotsa said on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier, Sebotsa had threatened strike action if Silulumanzi did not accede to Numsa’s demand for a 7% wage increase. The demand was revised to 6.5% after Silulumanzi offered 6%. The union was granted a 48-hour strike notice issued by the CCMA after talks deadlocked. “The company and unions have successfully reached a settlement, which will allow us to avoid any disruption of services due to a potential strike,” Silulumanzi spokesperson Richmond Jele said in an update to customers after the pay agreement was signed. Silulumanzi supplies water daily to 400,000 people across Mbombela. It also provides wastewater services across the region. The SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) signed a one-year wage deal in July last year for an increase of 7% for workers in the water sector represented in the Amanzi Bargaining Council. The deal between Samwu and SA’s water boards is effective until 30 June 2025.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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