THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Northern Cape has lambasted the Renosterberg Local Municipalities on their failure to pay workers their salaries on time.
In a statement issued on Thursday, SAMWU said the Renosterberg Local Municipality has not even bothered to give workers an indication of when their salaries would be paid.
The municipal workers union said it has now issued an ultimatum to the Renosterberg Local Municipality to immediately pay workers their salaries in full and with interests.
“The failure by the municipality has resulted in great dissatisfaction and low morale amongst workers which would obviously affect the delivery of services to residents of the municipality,” said provincial secretary Lawrence Fennie.
“SAMWU does not buy the reasons advanced by the municipality that they are unable to pay workers their salaries as a result of the failure by both Provincial and National Governments to pay grants to
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