The South African Municipal Worker's Union, SAMWU has threatened to bring all municipal services countrywide to a halt as wage negotiations with the employer body,SALGA continue TODAY. The union, which represents 160-thousand workers, is demanding a one-year wage increase of four 4000 rands per month, housing allowance including six months' paid maternity leave and one month paid paternity leave. SALGA has tabled a proposal of a 2.8 percent salary increment across the board, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a reason for the below inflation wage offer.
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