GEORGE NEWS - Unpaid ANC workers' protest action in Johannesburg tomorrow, Friday 19 November, will coincide with the ANC's national executive committee meeting, but no protests are planned in the Southern Cape.
According to acting regional secretary Aseza Gungubele, the ANC's regional office in George is operating on a skeleton staff paid from the regional coffers. "We are not affected as such," said Gungubele.
ANC staff members took to the streets on Monday in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, demanding immediate payment of outstanding salaries, which are three months in arrears.
National chairperson of the ANC's staff representative committee, Mvusi Mdala, said the picketing in Johannesburg tomorrow will be "in big numbers".
ANC staff members show their dismay in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
"We hope to make a statement and pressure the ANC leadership to respond to our demands. We hope it will be discussed during the meeting on Friday," said Mdala. He said the 20 staff members who picketed in Cape Town on Monday received a lot of support from passers-by.
"With picketing, the key is the message, not the numbers," said Mdala.
Capetonian Dennis Cruywagen, a spokesperson for the ANC in the Western Cape, joined the protest in Adderley Street on Monday as a worker and not in his official capacity as spokesperson.
Staff members are calling for all outstanding bonuses and annual increments to be paid immediately. In addition, they also demand that all Provident Fund and UIF contributions that their employer has deducted but not paid over to an insurance company and Sars, be brought up to date.
ANC workers also insist that their medical aid must be reinstated immediately and that benefits should be available now.
"With picketing the key is the message, not the numbers," said national chairperson of the ANC's staff representative committee, Mvusi Mdala.
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