Preliminary reports received by eThekwini Municipality indicate that the majority of the Municipality’s workforce has returned to work and has withdrawn from the ongoing Municipal workers’ strike.
Only 8.08% of the workforce was recorded as absent without permission today, 26/08/11.Service delivery has resumed as normal and the collection of refuse has commenced in residential and industrial areas. No cases of intimidation were reported this morning.Employees are working hard to ensure that they cover the backlogs that occurred due to the strike.
City Manager, Dr. Michael Sutcliffe, thanked all citizens of eThekwini for their patience and co-operation during the strike. “We acknowledge that the strike caused some inconvenience to the residents, however, we would like to assure them that we did everything possible to ensure that the strike had minimal impact on service delivery,” said Sutcliffe. He also said that, with the full complement of the workforce resuming their duties, he was certain that service delivery would be improved and the Municipality will remain committed to service delivery.
