{"id":25231,"date":"2013-11-09T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/high-court-grants-interdict-against-striking-municipal-workers\/"},"modified":"2013-11-09T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T14:04:00","slug":"high-court-grants-interdict-against-striking-municipal-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/high-court-grants-interdict-against-striking-municipal-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court grants interdict against striking municipal workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Port Elizabeth<\/a> High Court granted an interdict in favour of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality this afternoon, barring the raucous behaviour of striking municipal waste management truck drivers.<\/p>\n

The employees, drivers of the waste management sub-directorate and the South African Municipal Workers Union are interdicted and prohibited from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Driving and using any of the municipality\u2019s vehicles unless it is done with the specific consent of the Applicant;<\/li>\n
  2. Blockading any of the municipality\u2019s waste management landfill sites, drop-off centres or the depots;<\/li>\n
  3. Preventing any persons, either on foot or in vehicles, from freely and without hindrance, entering or egressing any of the sites, drop-off centres or depots.<\/li>\n
  4. Threatening, intimidating and\/or assaulting any persons entering or egressing from any of the landfill sites, drop-off centres or depots;<\/li>\n
  5. Littering any refuse or waste on public roads or sidewalks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The interdict is now in the process of being served by the court.<\/p>\n