‘Pure criminality, economic sabotage’: eThekwini calculating costs of ‘illegal’ strike

The strike has crippled service delivery as the workers demand fair wages from the metropolitan municipality.) government says the costs of the strike in eThekwini are being calculated, while promising to arrest people damaging property across the metro.

She said while the Constitution affords workers the right to strike, the KZN government cannot allow “anarchy and lawlessness to prevail”.“It doesn’t give a right to infringe on the rights of other citizens nor the right to destruction of infrastructure and property just because one is exercising their other right. That must be clear,” Dube-Ncube told reporters.

“Scenes witnessed over the past few days are pure criminality, economic sabotage and tantamount to treason. The premier said metro police and private security have been sourced to escort staff to service delivery points to address the challenge of intimidation and attacks on non-striking workers. “Contractors have also been engaged to do some work such as refuse collection and attending to water and electricity faults.”

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