The African National Congress says it’s working around the clock to resolve its employees’ indefinite strike.
This comes after ANC workers across the country downed tools over the late payment of their salaries. Some of them haven’t been paid for two months.
Briefing the media on the strike on Thursday morning, ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe attributed the cash-flow problems to a lack of funding and the state of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He says they are now looking at ways of stabilising their finances including increasing membership fees.
In the video below, Pule Mabe speaks on the ANC staff strike over late payment of salaries
In June, workers marched to the party’s headquarters and handed over a memorandum to acting secretary-general Jessie Duarte who promised that workers’ salaries would be paid on time.
ANC staff representative committee chairperson, Mvusi Mdala says non-payment of the salaries has badly affected the livelihood of the workers
“We have been in this situation for some time for more than 4 years because the employer has not been paying our provident fund, has not been paying our UIF whereas they’ve been deducting from us since 2018, therefore we are not convinced that the pandemic and the party funding is as a result of the financial crisis that is facing the ANC currently,” says Mdala.
ANC staff members across the country picket over salaries:
The ANC has been experiencing financial problems with reports that it owed the South African Revenue Service (SARS) R80 million in Pay As You Earn deductions.
In the video below, ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile explains how the party was planning to raise some funds:
