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Municipal workers block streets over safety concerns

Nelson Mandela Bay workers protested because depots are without adequate security, lights, toilets and change rooms

Workers blocked Cuyler Street with burning tyres, protesting the conditions at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s depots. Photos: Thamsanqa Mbovane
About 100 municipal workers blocked the busy Cuyler Street in Kariega on Wednesday and Thursday with burning tyres, rocks and other rubble.
They were demanding that security be beefed up at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Cuyler and Despatch municipal depots.
It was the second time this year that workers at the depot have downed tools over the issue. In January they blocked the same street.
The protest action was led by the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU).
Senior officials arrived on Thursday morning. They refused to go into the street where workers were protesting, citing safety concerns, and met with…

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