Four striking metro employees in court for public violence
Charges will be preferred against the employees that partook in the Wednesday's strike action by intimidating, harassing, and threatening their non- striking colleagues.
Four Tshwane employees are expected to appear in the Pretoria magistrate’s court this morning, July 27 on charges of public violence.
Metro spokesperson Selby Bokaba said these employees, stationed at the city’s Region 4 offices in Centurion, were arrested on Tuesday during a strike by Samwu members and have been in detention at the Lyttleton police station.
He said the employees have also been served with a notice of intention to suspend and are facing three internal charges pertaining to gross misconduct, malicious damage to property and breach of the employment contract.
“These charges were served on the employees while in police custody.”
Bokaba said the internal charges are serious in nature in that the employees’ conduct represents:
– A serious breach of their obligations, duties and/or functions in terms of their conditions of employment with the city.
– Their conduct has resulted in an irretrievable breakdown of the employment relationship between them and the city and,
– Their conduct represents a breach of the applicable rules and code of conduct and brought the administration into disrepute.
He said in the circumstances, should the employees be found guilty of the above-mentioned charges, the city may ask that they be dismissed from employment with immediate effect.
The administration has resolved to engender ethical conduct in the workplace by acting decisively against employees accused of serious wrongdoing.
Bokaba said previously, errant employees engaged in various acts of misconduct, including the commission of serious crime without any consequences.
He said the action taken against these four employees should serve as a deterrent to others that the days of brazen lawlessness, and impunity are over.
Charges will be preferred against the employees that partook in the Wednesday strike action by intimidating, harassing, and threatening their non-striking colleagues.
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