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SAMWU Wins Court Order Forcing Impendle Municipality to Pay Workers
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in KwaZulu-Natal has secured an interim court order…
SAMWU Backs Government Ahead of G20 and Vows to Intensify Fight for Workers
The South African Municipal Workers Union in Gauteng has expressed support for the government as…
Court Orders Free State Provincial Government to Place Matjhabeng Municipality Under Administration
The Free State provincial government has lost its appeal to set aside a Bloemfontein High…
Northern Cape Municipality Ordered to Pay Staff Salaries After Defaulting Since February
The Kheis local municipality in the Northern Cape has been compelled by the High Court…
SAMWU Slams Labour Court Ruling Allowing City of Tshwane to be Exempted from Increasing Staff Salaries
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has sharply criticised a ruling of the Labour Court that exempts the City of Tshwane from increasing its employees’ salaries as collectively negotiated in the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) Bargaining Council. The contentious ruling, handed down on Friday, followed an application by the then Democratic Alliance (DA) run City of Tshwane. At the time, the city argued that it lacked the financial resources to implement the salary increments. Other municipalities, including…
SAMWU Demands King Sabatha Dalindyebo Municipality Restarts Interviews For Top Job, Claims one Candidate was Given Questions in Advance
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has locked horns with the King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality over the process that was followed to hire a Chief Risk Officer. The COSATU affiliated union claims that the process was flawed as one of the candidates was allegedly given the interview questions in advance and the panel that conducted the interviews displayed naked bias. This is contained in a letter the union wrote to the Municipal Manager (MM) Ngamela Pakade, dated 2…
SIU Pounces On Free State’s Masilonyana Local Municipality Over Suspected Tender Irregularities
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has pounced on a Free State municipality over suspected tender irregularities and maladministration involving water supply contracts. Assisted by the Hawks and the South African Police Service (SAPS), the unit’s members swooped on the Masilonyana Local Municipality’s premises in Welkom. They seized documents relating to tenders for the Brandfort Water Treatment Works and Raw Water Pump Stations and the upgrading of the Brandfort Sports Centre Phase II including payment records and electronic devices. The SIU…
SAMWU: Suspended Sentence Undermines The Severity Of VBS Looting
The suspended sentence handed to a municipal official convicted of crimes relating to the R2 billion VBS scandal undermines the severity of the fraud and looting that took place at the bank, said a municipal union. The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in Limpopo says it strongly condemns the “lenient” sentencing handed to former Thulamela Local Municipality municipal manager Hlengani Maluleke. It says the sentence further insults the bank’s victims, who lost millions in savings when the bank collapsed…