‘My son is starving’, Samwu worker pleads with Joburg for relief

Samwu workers are aggrievead over wage disputes, demanding back payments amounting to R10.3 million dating back to 2016.

City of Johannesburg employees affiliated with the South African Municipal Workers’ Union say they are struggling to make ends meet and often have to bring resource from home to do their jobs.

“We were supposed to get an increase in July, we are still waiting. Some of the metropolitan government employees in Pretoria and in Ekurhuleni earn more than the people in Joburg.”The Samwu member also lamented about the failure of service delivery where she works.

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