City has contingency plans in place to ensure continued service delivery during planned strike

By Khanyisa Tabata
11 April 2010

The City of Cape Town says it has been informed that the South African Municipal Workers Union intends to proceed with strike today as part of a national strike.

City spokesperson Kylie Hatton the city has put contingency plans in place to ensure that service delivery continues if the strike goes ahead today.

“The City respects the right of staff to participate in strike action, but its primary responsibility is service delivery to its residents. Residents must place their bins out on their normal collection day.

“If the wheelie bin has not been emptied on the normal collection day residents are requested to leave the wheelie bin out for the rest of the week, as the Solid Waste department will be catching up later in the week,” said Hatton.

Hatton added that refuse collection rendered within informal settlements may also be affected by the strike action and residents are requested to take their household waste to the available containers within the informal settlements.

Street sweeping, emptying of litter bins and the removal of illegal dumped materials may also be affected and the City requests your patience in this regard.

Hatton says employees engaged in a designated essential service may not participate in the protest action. The designated services are Municipal Health Services, Traffic Services, Metro Police, Law Enforcement Services, Fire and Emergency Services, Provision of Water, Electricity and Sanitation, Parts of Solid Waste.

The principle of “no work no remuneration" will apply to all municipal staff during the strike.