Give us R7,000 'danger pay' - Bay municipal workers demand

Demanding to be paid a R7,000 Covid-19 allowance, about 50 SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu)-aligned workers, on Monday occupied Nelson Mandela Bay Metro corporate services acting director Nosipho Xhego's office at Kwantu Towers. The angry workers demanded that either acting mayor Thsonono Buyeye or acting city manager Mandla George tell them when they would be paid the allowance.

November 23, 2020 at 02:06 pm

Zipo-zenkosi Ncokazi

Politics reporter

Close to 100 members of the South African Municipal Workers Union occupy the office of corporate services acting executive director Nosipho Xhego on Monday demanding payment of a danger allowance for working during the pandemic (WERNER HILLS )

Demanding to be paid a R7,000 Covid-19 allowance, about 50 SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu)-aligned workers, on Monday occupied Nelson Mandela Bay Metro corporate services acting director Nosipho Xhego's office at Kwantu Towers.

The angry workers demanded that either acting mayor Thsonono Buyeye or acting city manager Mandla George tell them when they would be paid the allowance.

Samwu regional secretary Melikhaya Kortjan said municipal management had yet to respond to their demand for “danger” pay.

This is a developing story.

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