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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has called for an end to racism, abuse of authority and victimisation of its members employed by the City of Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The call was made during a protest on Saturday to highlight the alleged unfair disciplinary hearings targeting the union’s shop stewards.<\/p>\n

At least 10 Samwu shop stewards, including firefighters, were facing disciplinary charges ranging from gross misconduct to insubordination, the union’s regional chairperson Mzoxolo Miselo said.<\/p>\n

Miselo said the rate at which the City was resorting to disciplinary processes was \u201calarming\u201d and shop stewards were mainly targeted to \u201csilence\u201d or sideline them from promotion opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese charges are framed in a manner that if you are not found guilty on one charge you will surely be found guilty on others. This cannot go on unchallenged. We want the City to create a platform for dialogue. The City should first explore corrective measures before dismissing employees,\u201d Miselo said.<\/p>\n

He added that most employees were now despondent and felt their future was bleak.<\/p>\n

Although he could not provide a definite figure, Miselo said some shop stewards had been dismissed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently dealing with an appeal of one of the dismissed shop stewards. Their crime is for speaking up.\u201d<\/p>\n

A shop steward and senior employee at the Traffic Services Department in Green Point alleged that a white colleague threatened to beat another black colleague in April last year and him when he tried to intervene.<\/p>\n

He said he reported the matter to senior officials but was told not to press charges as the white colleague had \u201cjust bought a house and a car and had a small child\u201d.<\/p>\n

He alleged that the officials did not investigate the incident but the white colleague was moved to the Bellville office.<\/p>\n

The employee said he was currently facing three charges related to separate incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I am being targeted is because I am a vocal shop steward and I am being blocked for promotion,\u201d the employee said.<\/p>\n

City spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo confirmed that the employee was currently facing a disciplinary process.<\/p>\n

In a memorandum of demands handed to a City official, the union called on the mayor and the City manager to launch an investigation into allegations of abuse and victimisation including:<\/p>\n

* a senior law enforcement officer in Mitchells Plain who was selling goods confiscated from the informal settlement;<\/p>\n

* an incident where a female shop steward was allegedly locked up for two hours in a manager’s office;<\/p>\n

* a shop steward being manhandled by security at the instruction of management.<\/p>\n

The union also alleged that a 63-year-old employee was facing several charges of insubordination brought by different managers.<\/p>\n

Tyhalibongo said the City conducted all disciplinary processes in a fair manner, free of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n

Regarding the senior law enforcement officer, Tyhalibongo said he was found guilty on two charges and \u201cappropriately penalised\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tyhalibongo said no evidence was led in the disciplinary process with regards to the officer taking items from the City’s informal trading store unit.<\/p>\n

Weekend Argus<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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