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News24 reports that trouble between the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) and City of Cape Town is brewing after the City once again "named and shamed" staff members found guilty of various offences over the past three months and dismissed.
Samwu has raised concerns about an internal letter the City's municipal manager sent to staff, detailing the measures taken against their now dismissed colleagues and the offences they had committed. The union has taken the matter to the SA Human Rights Commission, accusing the City of "violating employees' rights". Last week, the City's municipal manager, Lungelo Mbandazayo, released a third list of staff members who were dismissed for various transgressions. "The reason I believe that this is important is so that team members who are still employed by the City can be made aware of the consequences of engaging in certain behaviours or taking certain undesired actions,” he explained. Mbandazayo also urged that the "information must not be shared with anyone who is not an employee of the City of Cape Town as doing so will be a contravention of the Protection of Personal Information Act as well as our own policies". The internal staff letter lists 65 staff members who were dismissed in October, November and December 2024. They were dismissed for assault, sexual harassment, theft, intoxication, dishonesty related to misconduct, fraud, gross negligence, insolence and misuse of council property vehicles. The letter also lists 20 staff members who either resigned or retired in the face of disciplinary action. Samwu’s Hlalanathi Gagayi said: "Our members are concerned about this practice. We have raised this issue, and they are continuing with the humiliation of our members … No one should be humiliated for dismissals.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marvin Charles at News24 (subscription or trial registration required)
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