{"id":46796,"date":"2022-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=cbd74aa6cf682535b0e2e153027d7213"},"modified":"2022-08-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T00:00:00","slug":"e-cape-cogta-condemns-illegal-amathole-district-staff-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/e-cape-cogta-condemns-illegal-amathole-district-staff-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"E Cape CoGTA condemns illegal Amathole District staff strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (GoGTA) MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has condemned a violent illegal strike by some Amathole District Municipality (ADM) staff. <\/p>\n
Some ADM workers have been embarking on an illegal strike that has caused great panic and a water crisis for the communities.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the provincial CoGTA said the workers had allegedly vandalized water infrastructure and closed water valves blocking water supply to communities, businesses, government institutions, hospitals and clinics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe illegal strike has also badly affected the services of the Transnet Phelophepa Health Train which is currently stationed at Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst workers have a constitutional right to embark on strike or protest action, they need to understand that water is an essential service, and they don\u2019t have a right to infringe on other people\u2019s rights especially from accessing water for our communities,\u201d said CoGTA spokesperson Mamnkeli Ngam.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Nqatha visited the affected areas and reservoirs in Raymond Mhlaba and Amahlathi Local municipalities to witness the damage caused by this illegal strike. <\/p>\n
He said: \u201cSome of the things that have been done are quite harmful and they gravitate towards criminality because what is underway is criminality. It is criminal to close water; water is life; it can\u2019t be justified action or revolutionary to deny our people water\u201d. <\/p>\n
The MEC called on all the affected municipalities to ensure that there is accountability and consequences for wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (GoGTA) MEC, Xolile Nqatha, has condemned a violent illegal strike by some Amathole District Municipality (ADM) staff. Some ADM workers have been embarking on an illegal strike that has caused…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n