Celani Sikhakhane
ANC staff members especially those in the Western Cape and at Luthuli House are facing a bleak Christmas as the ruling party has not paid their salaries for four months.
The ANC Western Cape office is said to be the worst off after all provinces were asked to take care of its staff.
ANC employee representative committee chairperson Mvusi Mdala said that provinces had been approached to take care of workers and that all had responded except the Western Cape and Luthuli House.
“In the Western Cape, the party is not in government so the situation is not the same as other provinces. There is a party fund that other provinces are enjoying,” he said.
He said that the group represented more than 300 staff who were mostly based at Luthuli House.
Mdala said that there had been no communication about payment and they were now facing a fourth month without salaries.
Mdala said: “There are no negotiations on this because when we last met with management, there was nothing concrete about when we were going to get paid.”
