{"id":233787,"date":"2022-08-10T13:26:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/e-cape-cogta-condemns-illegal-amathole-district-staff-strike\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:26:45","slug":"e-cape-cogta-condemns-illegal-amathole-district-staff-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/e-cape-cogta-condemns-illegal-amathole-district-staff-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"E Cape CoGTA condemns illegal Amathole District staff strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202208\/easterncapemec_0.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (GoGTA) MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has condemned a violent illegal strike by some Amathole District Municipality (ADM) staff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some ADM workers have been embarking on an illegal strike that has caused great panic and a water crisis for the communities.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the provincial CoGTA said the workers had allegedly vandalized water infrastructure and closed water valves blocking water supply to communities, businesses, government institutions, hospitals and clinics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe illegal strike has also badly affected the services of the Transnet Phelophepa Health Train which is currently stationed at Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst workers have a constitutional right to embark on strike or protest action, they need to understand that water is an essential service, and they don\u2019t have a right to infringe on other people\u2019s rights especially from accessing water for our communities,\u201d said CoGTA spokesperson Mamnkeli Ngam.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Nqatha visited the affected areas and reservoirs in Raymond Mhlaba and Amahlathi Local municipalities to witness the damage caused by this illegal strike.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cSome of the things that have been done are quite harmful and they gravitate towards criminality because what is underway is criminality. It is criminal to close water; water is life; it can\u2019t be justified action or revolutionary to deny our people water\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The MEC called on all the affected municipalities to ensure that there is accountability and consequences for wrongdoing.&nbsp;\u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (GoGTA) MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has condemned a violent illegal strike by some Amathole District Municipality (ADM) staff.&nbsp; Some ADM workers have been embarking on an illegal strike that has caused great panic and a water crisis for the communities. 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