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News24 reports that refuse collection in Johannesburg remains impacted by a strike by workers contracted to Pikitup who are demanding permanent positions from the waste management company.
Pikitup's spokesperson, Muzi Mkhwanazi, said the protest had affected 10 of its 12 depots. He advised that law enforcement agencies, including the Johannesburg Metro Police Department, Public Order Policing, and private security companies, “are working to defuse the situation at the 10 depots affected by the strike." According to Mkhwanazi, Pikitup's senior management had been deployed to the affected depots to engage with the workers and to emphasise that the rule of "no work, no pay" would be enforced. Pikitup management condemned the actions of protesters and appealed to them to refrain from "violent and threatening conduct, which prevents employees from fulfilling their responsibilities to the city's residents, who have a constitutional right to a clean environment." Last week, the general secretary of the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of SA, Meshack Ntshauba, advised that contract workers were able to meet with City leaders. Ntshauba said the contractors were demanding permanent employment, personal protective equipment (PPE), and an investigation into allegations of corruption.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iviwe Mzandisi at News24
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