The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has threatened to go on strike if the City of Johannesburg does not address their grievances.The union made the threat during a media briefing on Friday.Samwu regional deputy chairman Khaya Nyathi said: "We want to warn the City of Johannesburg that we are coming‚ we are mobilising as a union and will be there in no time."Union regional secretary Bafana Zungu said that they were sick of corruption in the DA-led council. He accused mayor Herman Mashaba of unjustly persecuting ordinary workers for the corrupt activities of their political appointees.The Samwu briefing also touched on the city’s alleged financial crisis‚ compliance failures‚ corruption by attorneys and consultants‚ the recurring billing crisis‚ and the anti-worker stance allegedly taken by the DA administration.Zungu claimed that Samwu had submitted several reports of allegations of corruption for investigation to the municipality but had received no responses. He added...
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