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COSATU launches a scathing attack on DA/EFF coalition

Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane. Picture credit: Trevor Samson
Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane. Picture credit: Trevor Samson

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Gauteng has accused the DA/ EFF administration in the city of Tshwane of racism and shedding jobs.

“Cosatu in Gauteng is disturbed by turbulent labour relations environment under the DA/EFF coalition government in the City of Tshwane. Workers in the City have been confronted by serious attacks from the mayor and a number of senior managers‚” the organisation said in a statement.

Cosatu claims the City of Tshwane has been experiencing a “high” number of racism cases.

 “One senior manager known to SAMWU at the electricity division in Centurion called workers kaffirs and baboons and threatened to close their rest rooms.

“Workers are so afraid of him to the extent that when they see him they ran for cover.

“The matter was brought to the attention of the employer and nothing has been done to date. At the Emergency services Department‚ one senior manager suspended workers without following due process‚ when asked to reverse the suspension she flatly refuses.

“The City is hell-bent at destroying jobs‚ it has been reported that 305 contract field workers have been terminated and 153 community health workers have been threatened with dismissal and their salaries have since been stopped‚” Cosatu said in a statement on Monday.

“The employer has resorted to bullying EPWP workers into signing new employment contracts by stopping their salaries contrary to the commitment that the said contracts will be refined before being availed to workers. A large number of EPWP workers were not paid their salaries even when an agreement with the City was concluded.”

Cosatu also accused Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga of resorting to a campaign that sought to “destabilise and liquidate” SAMWU by isolating its regional secretary from other leaders.

 

 

 

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