Workers may strike after Ekurhuleni mayor fails to deliver on pay promises
Workers at the Ekurhuleni Municipality are fuming after mayor Mzwandile Masina promised huge pay hikes effective from April‚ but say he failed to deliver. "There is a lot of tension in Ekurhuleni. Traffic officers‚ emergency workers and disaster management; everybody is affected and some are threatening a massive strike‚" said one municipal employer who spoke on condition of anonymity. On April 4‚ Masina met workers at a Boksburg stadium where he made the pay hike announcement publicly. "The first thing we did was to say let us go and compare ourselves with other metros. … We found that in Ekurhuleni‚ if you are on T-scale 2 as an example‚ you are currently earning R93‚816 per year‚" Masina said in a recording. "In eThekwini‚ on the same level‚ they earn the same — R93‚768. In Nelson Mandela‚ R131‚412; in Buffalo City‚ they are on R93‚768; in Cape Town‚ they are on R112‚704; in Tshwane‚ they are on R119 000. So effectively‚ in Ekurhuleni‚ we are moving you — if you are on T–scale 2 ...
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