Strike likely to choke off water to Gauteng residents and businesses
SA Municipal Workers’ Union to start an indefinite strike at Rand Water from Wednesday
19 April 2021 - 13:53
UPDATED 19 April 2021 - 23:13
More than 15-million residents in SA’s economic hub, Gauteng, could be left without water when the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) goes on an indefinite strike at Rand Water from Wednesday.
Samwu, the country’s largest union in the local government sector, represents more than 260,000 municipal workers. It said that it had elected to down tools after the water utility allegedly changed conditions of employment...
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