Chaos as protests erupt in Mangaung
Hundreds of irate workers have taken to the streets of Mangaung in protest over the non-payment of their salaries.
This comes just weeks after Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, placed the ailing metro under national government's control for failing to handle its financial affairs.
It was placed under administration at the end of 2019.
Workers, mostly from the Solid Waste Treatment Plant, blockaded all entrances to the metro building with rocks and piles of solid waste.
According to workers, some of them received as little as R100 or R46 in their bank accounts on Tuesday morning.
It's understood that the leadership representing the irate workers subsequently met with the newly appointed municipal administration in an effort to find a solution.
Mayor Mxolisi Siyonzana is also expected to address protesting workers during the course of the day.
The metro has been in the spotlight recently for all the wrong reasons and was under scrutiny during a National Council of Provinces (NCOP) sitting held at the Free State Legislature.
The metro has been the first metro to be placed under administration in South Africa following its failure to perform the most basic functions of service delivery.
The alleged political infighting at the metro is said to be at the forefront of the failed administration.
Senior officials with political affiliations at the metro are allegedly at a crossroads with one another.
OFM News previously reported that workers at the Metro were waiting in anticipation to find out if the Metro will this week pay their salaries.
OFM News previously reported that trouble at the metro seems to be exacerbating even further with municipal leadership at loggerheads with each other.
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