Striking sharks board members, metro police return to work
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board workers who have been striking are back on duty today.
Their industrial action is over a minimum wage, as well as housing and danger allowances.
It led to the closure of some beaches due to safety gear being removed from the water.
Their union, SALIPSWU says it had a promising meeting with the board earlier this week.
Spokesperson, Mxolisi Cekwana says they hope the talks will lead to a resolution to the dispute.
"In the meeting that we had with the board on Monday, we agreed that we are going to suspend the strike. The board is going to take up the issue of negotiating on behalf of the Sharks Board. Then there will be a meeting, starting next Monday to finalise two issues; the issue of minimum pay and the issue of danger allowance," Cekwana said.
Also back at work are the eThekwini Metro Police officers who had downed tools at the Albert Park station over alleged racism and poor management.
Representatives from the South African Municipal Workers Union met with senior managers from the Metro Police yesterday.
SAMWU's Jaycee Ncanana says they are now waiting for more feedback.
"We managed to come to a conclusion. There is only one problem they promised to iron out because the person confirmed was not available but the head of the department is going to meet with the supervisor to address the fair distribution of [cases] but the rest of the complaints that we raised were addressed immediately," Ncanana said.