Public servants affiliated with the union staged a protest in Pretoria on Friday calling for a 5.4-percent salary increase, despite the municipality obtaining a court interdict against striking workers over three weeks ago.
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The DA said it has been alerted by a whistleblower that Samwu members are conspiring to kidnap Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink’s wife in a bid to have their wage increase demands met.
All over southern Africa, new urban-to-rural migration and settlement trends are emerging. Far from being abandoned, rural areas are in high demand. This exacerbates the precarity of home and life for those who still live in rural areas, especially on customary land.