Samwu postpones Rand Water strike to allow CCMA intervention Workers downed tools on Wednesday working conditions, including withdrawing incentive bonuses that workers had been receiving for the last 17 years. South African Municipal Workers' Union members protesting outside the Rand Water head offices in Johannesburg on 21 April 2021 to demand bonuses. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News 5 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has on Wednesday postponed its strike at Rand Water to allow the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to arbitrate in the legal matter between workers and the employer. This after the Labour Court dismissed an interdict by Rand Water against Samwu calling the picket illegal and unlawful.