Devastating impact of month-long Samwu strike in Tshwane

JOHANNESBURG - The strike action by the City of Tshwane municipal workers doesn't look like it will end anytime soon.

Tshwane's managers are set to clarify their financial point when they meet with the union, Samwu before the bargaining council.

The City says it won't raise its proposed salary increment as it doesn't have the money.

Meanwhile, service delivery continues to suffer.

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Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink says although there are contingency plans in place there has been a huge strain on service delivery in the metro.

"We are under tremendous pressure, which is what we have been trying to communicate to residents that the delays in attending to services, the delays in lifting bins, and we have contingency plans in place but because we have a significant portion of the workforce who don't want to work and are in fact sabotaging services and intimidating fellow employees and that is what causes the delays," he said.