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File Image: Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020.
COSATU is threatening to approach the Labour Court in a bid to compel the embattled North-West Transport Investment to pay its employees their outstanding salaries. Some workers, mostly bus drivers, mechanics, porters and cleaners, have not received their salaries since the beginning of the year.
The provincial government has since placed the entity under administration. This after it was plunged into a financial crisis with allegations of mismanagement and corruption that have compounded. Workers’ benefits, including pension funds, have been severely affected.
The embattled entity renders public transportation services in parts of Gauteng and North West.
COSATU threatens labour court action to force embattled North West Transport Investments to pay outstanding salaries. Some workers, mostly bus drivers, mechanics, porters, and cleaners, have not received their salaries since the beginning of the year. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/v3txZjCeoY
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COSATU General Secretary Solly Phetoe says, “We are therefore calling that those who are implicated in the non-payment of the salaries, action must be taken against them. And that the president of the Republic of SA and Minister of Transport must intervene in this matter. And as COSATU, we are behind these workers. We support them. We are preparing to take this matter to court, including the issue of non-payment of the UIF and Pension Fund. As we speak now, the pension fund and the medical aid of the workers has collapsed. Because the company has been collecting the money and not been paying the relevant third parties.”
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