City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Cilliers Brink addressed workers outside Tshwane House in the CBD. Image: Twitter/@tshwane_mayor.
City of Tshwane fails to pay workers salary increases, cites liquidation
The City of Tshwane says it is unable to pay wage and salary increases due to its liquidity challenges. Workers were on strike this week.
City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Cilliers Brink addressed workers outside Tshwane House in the CBD. Image: Twitter/@tshwane_mayor.
City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink says if there is significant improvement in the municipality’s finances they can reconsider salary increases.
This comes as the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGABC) ordered the municipality to implement the final year of the third-year salary and wage increases to employees. Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) embarked on a strike this week which affected service delivery in parts of the city.
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The City said it is important to note that recognised labour unions IMATU and SAMWU were informed in a recent meeting with the City Manager Johan Mettler, and at a subsequent Local Labour Forum meeting that the municipality was unable to pay the salary and wage increases due to its liquidity challenges.
“The City made it abundantly clear that it was unable to implement the salary and wage increases as it was unaffordable to do so and was in the process of filing an application for exemption to pay the increases. The exemption application will be filed by 10 August 2023,” the municipality said.
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Executive Mayor Cilliers Brink said should there be sufficient strides in the collection of revenue they will reconsider their position of the non-payment of salary and wage increases.
A RE YENG BUS OPERATIONS SUSPENDED
A Re Yeng buses were temporarily suspended following an incident of vandalism on Friday, 28 July.
An A Re Yeng bus was allegedly pelted with stones along Lavender Road on its way to Wonderboom in the morning. Perpetrators allegedly smashed the windscreen on the driver’s side, fortunately the driver did not sustain any injuries and there were no passengers on board,” the municipality said.
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