SACP, SADTU and POPCRU to join SAMWU’s National Day of Action over Treasury, municipal funding and wages

By Johnathan Paoli

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is set to embark on a nationwide day of action on Thursday, with municipal workers expected to march to the National Treasury in Tshwane to highlight what it describes as a deepening crisis in local government and the water sector.

In a statement by the union’s secretariat, the march will begin at the Old Putco Depot in Marabastad, Tshwane, before proceeding to the National Treasury offices, with the recipients of its memorandum including the departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and Water and Sanitation, as well as the South African Local Government Association (SALGA).

“This march is a call to defend workers, defend collective bargaining, defend public services and rebuild local government and the water sector in the interests of communities. Workers have waited long enough and as resolved by our 13th National Congress, we will organise; we