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Residents fed up with striking workers

‘They always strike when they’re broke’.

3 hours ago

Tobie van den Bergh 1 minute read

Tons of trash illegally dumped. — The solid waste workers have turned the town into an ash heap. Piles and piles of rubbish mar the streets of Middelburg. Photo: Tobie van den Bergh

Residents are sick and tired of striking municipal workers.

Strikers who can run into the main municipal building and chase out others who want to work. Intimidating other workers. Letting the town decay. Not doing their job. Is engaged in a subtle, slow strike.

The solid waste workers, in particular, have turned the town into an ash heap. After a Middelburg Observer report, ‘Municipal workers back at work in Middelburg, but…’ residents reacted with anger.

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The short-lived municipal strike last week left Middelburg drowning in garbage. Residents resorted to illegal dumping as refuse piled up for more than three weeks in suburbs such as Nasaret and Hlalamnandi. The strike is over, but it will take an army to clean up. #Middelburg #Mpumalanga
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Residents speak their minds:

Shirley Jeffery
For once. Get rid of them. There are lots of people looking for a job. I will say they work hard, BUT they do get paid, so just do your job!
Tanya Grobbelaar
Are they done striking now? Or are they going on Monday?
Pinkie Makuwa
They always strike when they’re broke.
Rina Cox
Always striking.
JD Ngubeni
Saturday and Sunday are overtime; Monday or Tuesday back to work.
Tanya Pienaar
Seeing is believing!
Pieter Smith
Fire the lot of them… and outsource the work to a private company… we as consumers want value for our extra overcharged rates…
Fiona Potgieter
Because they want to be paid for doing nothing, that’s how it works in South Africa.
Terra
Middelburg and Mhluzi smell bad. Hurry up, hurry up!
Ellen Steyn
En as jy kyk na die gehalte van werk is dit om skaam te kry. Pateties.