afrol News, 24 July - Public service delivery in South Africa is set to experience yet another huge blow starting Monday when municipal workers resume their indefinite strike over a salary dispute.

The municipal workers’ strike follows just on weeks of public protests that turned violent in many parts of the country, leaving property destroyed and over a hundred people arrested.

The unions declared an indefinite strike today, when no agreement could be reached between the unions and the local government employer body the SA Local Government Association (Salga).

The workers were offered an 11.5 percent increase, which was rejected by some of the workers’ groups saying they would take nothing less than 15 percent.

Last year, the municipal workers in South Africa went on strikes that lasted nearly three weeks, leaving most of the cities and towns with piles of refuse lining the streets.

The three months South African government, under the leadership of president Jacob Zuma has come under immense pressure on service delivery, one of the ruling party’s top election promises this year.

Government has appealed for patience amongst the population and the workers alike, putting the current economic crises as one of the hindering hurdles to improved services.

A number of sectors across the country have been hit by a series of strikes since the national election early this year, mainly on improved wages demand as well as services.

By staff writer

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