EXCLUSIVE: The City of Cape Town has landed itself in hot water with the Department of Labour after stonewalling a senior inspector who paid a visit to the Metro Police offices to conduct a Covid-19 risk assessment. | Day41ofLockdown
This comes as unions representing members of the Metro Police accuse the City of ignoring their safety concerns and failing to provide adequate protection against the coronavirus.
The union on Tuesday accused the City of not taking the Covid-19 pandemic, or the concerns of staff members about their health and safety, seriously. On Tuesday, Saftu said that Metro Police officers, through their union Demawusa, had alleged the following:There is no risk assessment plan that has been developed with staff input or been made known to staff.
Officers are told to bring Dettol or bleach from home to sanitise their patrol vehicles – no protocols or PPE equipment provided for the sanitisation of patrol vehicles.
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