Johannesburg - Workers from Ekurhuleni Municipality’s Lungile Mtshali Community Development Project say they will not vote ANC unless they are made permanent employees.
Dressed in ANC regalia and green overalls, more than a hundred contract workers marched outside Luthuli House on Monday.
The Lungile Mtshali Community Development Project was launched in 2014 by Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele with the aim of creating jobs and alleviating poverty in the metro.
Since its launch, R1 million has been allocated to the city’s 101 wards for the employment of a few residents who would be trained while being employed.
About 3 000 are contracted to the project and their latest contracts are due to expire in August.
Jabu Ntombela, who took part in the protest, said all she wanted was to be a permanent worker.
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“No permanent [job], no vote. We have been back and forth with this project, now we want to earn more money and look after our families,” said Ntombela.
Nomsa Duba told Independent Media that she would be back marching back to the ruling party's door-step on August 3 if she wasn’t made permanent.
“If we don’t get an answer, we will be back on election day. That day is around the corner,” explained Duba, followed by cheers from her fellow colleagues.
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