WATCH: Joburg Mayor gets his hands dirty
The mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau joined officials and Pikitup management to clean the streets of the city while Pikitup workers resume their strike action.
The City of Johannesburg late on Wednesday said it “condemned” the workers of Pickitup who are on strike for being “lawless”.
Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Cllr. Matshidiso Mfikoe said: “It is not acceptable for the workers to go on an illegal strike, ignore a court order to return to work and continue to trash the streets of the city when they have not communicated their grievances to the city’s leadership”.
Since Monday members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) have downed tool in protest at alleged corruption involving the Pikitup’s managing director Amanda Nair of Pickitup.
Pickitup earlier on Wednesday said it had obtained a court interdict prohibiting the strike. However, workers have continued with their stirke demanding that Nair “steps down” and their pay issues resolved.