Out-of-work government employees set fire to Tshwane municipal building
The municipality claims the former ‘Vat Alles’ workers have caused disruption and chaos across the city after their contracts ran out at the beginning of the year
Angry government workers — whose contracts recently expired — torched a building in Tshwane on Monday morning.According to the Tshwane municipality‚ at about 8am‚ 45 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers descended upon its waste management depot in Block A‚ Mabopane‚ and broke down the security gate‚ burnt waste bins‚ an asbestos office and a kitchen."They also damaged the security cubicle and the toilet windows. The Rosslyn fire division was quickly dispatched to the depot to extinguish the fire. The former ‘Vat Alles’ employees have been responsible for a series of disruption of services and causing chaos across the city since the beginning of this year after the expiry of their contracts."We call upon law enforcement to take action against those that have been vandalising the city’s assets and intimidating our employees. No amount of intimidation and thuggery will deter us from continuing to deliver services to our people. A case docket has been registered with the local...
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