The striking workers showed their dissatisfaction by shouting at the mayor and the city manager on day three of the strike, which saw many services in the city come to a halt. Read more here 👇
“We cannot have clinics being closed down and buses being stoned and communities being punished,” he said.A Re Yeng Operations“The bus was pelted with stones along Lavender Road on its way to Wonderboom. The perpetrators smashed the windscreen on the driver’s side. Luckily the driver did not sustain any injuries and there were no passengers on board,” he said.
“We were told the workers could not come to help us because they are scared for their lives. We still don’t have electricity and we are still waiting.”She said the main feed cable was cut off on Monday by one of the contractors. “They are irresponsible. They could have done something by now, even if they had to employ another contractor. You cannot leave people to suffer for five days because workers are on strike. It’s unacceptable,” she said.Tshwane caucus chair Jacqui Uys said the recent strike, vandalism and sabotage relating to the city’s decision not to increase salaries for employees or politicians this financial year, was the cause of the delays in service delivery and essential services.
“Tough decisions, such as budget cuts, have had to be made to get our city’s finances back on track. One of these decisions was not approving salary increases forworkers and politicians, a difficult, but necessary step to restore Tshwane’s financial stability,” Uys said.
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