STAFF REPORTER|
THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Free State province is up in arms following the failure of municipalities to pay municipal workers their salaries in full and on time.
The embattled municipalities have now resorted to using food vouchers as payment.
The four municipalities include Mafube, Masilonyana, Tokologo and Kopanong Local Municipalities.
According to SAMWU, workers at Kopanong Local Municipality have not received their salaries for three consecutive months while at Mafube and Masilonyana, workers have gone two months without receiving salaries.
At Tokologo Local Municipality workers are yet to receive their May 2022 salaries.
“We are enraged by the fact that instead of ensuring that workers’ salaries are paid in full and on time, some of these municipalities have resorted to offering workers food vouchers as payment which would be deducted from their salaries the day that these municipalities decide to pay workers their
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