Herman Mashaba does not personally collect Cosatu memorandum
Workers who were part of the City of Joburg’s Jozi at Work programme under the previous administration have accused the mayor of retrenching them
Cosatu’s big march hit its first hurdle after Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba did not personally collect a memorandum from workers. Metro Centre was the first stop during the march against state capture and corruption in Johannesburg on Wednesday. When thousands of workers arrived at the council’s offices‚ Cosatu leaders were informed that Mashaba was not coming to collect the memorandum. Member of the mayoral committee for public safety Michael Sun accepted the memorandum on behalf of the mayor. Workers who were part of the previous administration’s Jozi At Work programme accused Mashaba of retrenching them. The Jozi At Work programme was used to provide basic services to communities such as cleaning. Meanwhile‚ marchers made a diversion in Cape Town to highlight the plight of workers using trains. Using public transport to get to work was like doing a "hell run every day" in the Western Cape‚ said Cosatu. The federation’s provincial secretary‚ Tony Ehrenreich‚ delivered a memora...
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