PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) says it is concerned about a march by members of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) taking place on Wednesday.
The march will take place at the IFP run Alfred Duma Local Municipality and uThukela District Municipality, both located in Ladysmith.
uThukelaDistrict Municipality Mayor Inkosi Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala told Inside Metros that a memorandum of demands will be handed over to the municipality on Wednesday.
“I am aware that members of IFP will be handing over a memorandum to the District municipality on Wednesday. But I do not know as yet the contents of their demands,” he said.
Among other demands that the IFP will be marching for, is the immediate removal of SAMWU from the Local Labour Forum.
The labour union came out guns blazing says the IFP’s march in Ladysmith is an attack on municipal workers, collective bargaining, intergovernmental relations and service delivery.
The union said its
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