The South African Municipal Workers Union says West Rand Municipality workers’ are behind payments to third-party creditors by three months.
Employees on Wednesday locked in the executive including the mayor and municipal manager demanding their salaries be paid
The municipality has been named in the VBS forensic report and invested millions in the bank.
A Samwu official said banks have been calling workers about payments.
#WestRandMunicipality Update:
Abasebenzi are not backing down. It’s been over 10hrs now since councilors have been held up and only allowed to go “pee”.
They are gonna burn the midnight oil until the SMS notification from the Bank. @eNCA pic.twitter.com/YTzrrNhLEG
— Aldrin Sampear (@AldrinSampear) October 31, 2018
#WestRandMunicipality Update:
Workers say they will not allow councilors to leave until they get an SMS notification that salaries have been deposited.
Councilors have been locked up here since 14:00, it is now 21:22@eNCA pic.twitter.com/k4FjYGIYUM
— Aldrin Sampear (@AldrinSampear) October 31, 2018
Source: News24
