City Of Tshwane Granted Court Interdict Against SAMWU And Disruption Of Services

THE City of Tshwane has been granted an urgent court interdict by the Labour Court against members affiliated to the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) and the ongoing disruption of services.  

The City released a statement on Monday 27 July saying that the ongoing labour dispute between SAMWUand the City is having a devastating impact on the provision of service delivery across the all the seven regions in the municipality. 

This comes after SAMWU members recently took to the streets of the Pretoria CBD in want of their benchmarking payments. 

According to the City, provision of services in various regions in respect of water and sanitation, energy and electricity, and regravelling of roads have been severely affected. Other services that have been severely impacted by the strike include the suspension of the bus services, closure of some of the customer care walk-in-centres and a clinic. 

According to the statement,