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Retrenched eThekwini workers shot at with rubber bullets while marching to ANC offices

The workers’ contracts under the public employment programme were terminated in October when the City ran out of funds

Public employment programme (PEP) workers demanded to speak to eThekwini municipality officials at the Lion Match offices near Moses Mabhida stadium on Wednesday.

About 100 public employment programme (PEP) workers dressed in blue overalls doorstopped eThekwini municipality officials at the Lion Match offices near Moses Mabhida stadium on Wednesday.

They demanded answers after they claimed that the municipality did not respond to a memorandum at the terminate of November about their unpaid wages and the sudden termination of their contracts, among other issues.

The workers held several protests last year. Each time officials would promise to respond to their memorandums, but they say that those were empty promises.

The retrenched workers were employed on a temporary basis to encourage with waste collection and other service delivery items. They are hoping the City will reinstate their employment.

In early October, eThekwini municipality announced that it had race out of funds for the public employment programme which was section of the Presidential Employment Stimulus

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