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Striking eThekwini municipality workers are gathering to discuss the options available to them on Friday, after several protesters were arrested in the Durban city centre on Thursday. Picture screengrabStriking eThekwini municipality workers are gathering to discuss the options available to them on Friday, after several protesters were arrested in the Durban city centre on Thursday.

The municipality refuses to explain how the salaries of 55 uMkhonto we Sizwe military veterans more than doubled in a year, saying that the matter was being investigated.The city has decided to take the grievances of workers who want to be elevated from grade 4 to grade 10 to the central bargaining council to deliberate on the matter and make a ruling. Discussions at the bargaining council are expected to be concluded in 30 days.

Gumede who has been accused of ordering the veterans to be hired, also denied having anything to do with employing and firing staff. The SA Municipal Workers’ Union Jaycee Ncanana said they accepted the proposal going to the council because the city was not forthcoming with other options. On Thursday, the hostile crowd became violent towards people taking pictures and videos of them as they marched down Pixley KaSeme Street, forcing them to delete images and footage.

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