Musina municipal workers staged a sit in on Tuesday in protest against alleged corruption and financial mismanagement by officials.
The South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) has levelled accusations of corruption against the municipal manager and chief financial officer.
"In one instance, a tender was awarded to former employee and municipal manager's friend six months before it was advertised," said the Samwu local chairman Ali Sematla.
The union also claimed that the manager's conduct had negatively affected worker's ability to do their jobs.
"The roads in Musina are full of potholes and the municipality equipment, such as tractors and vehicles, have to be pushed every morning in order for them to start because there are no finances to repair them," Sematla said.
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Union members staged a sit-in on Monday and Tuesday, and threatened a go-slow from Wednesday to Friday, warning that services would be affected. They intend to strike if their demands are not met by Friday.
"A protest march was held on the November 4, calling for the suspension of the municipal manager. Demands from the protest march were submitted to council but council has not responded since," said Sematla.
Municipal spokesman Wilson Dzebu said the municipality had found no evidence of corruption and called on anyone with information to this effect to come forward.
"What we know is that we operate according to the law and regulations.
"Council cannot act on the basis of allegations," he said.
Dzebu accused the protesters of intimidating him and other workers.
"I myself was threatened when I went on site to take pictures and I heard that some workers were also intimidated," he said. - Sapa
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