Sanral dismisses retrenchment claims
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) says it is not retrenching any workers.
This follows a claim by worker union Cosatu that the roads agency had issued retrenchment letters to 1,200 employees.
According to EWN, Cosatu’s Gauteng Provincial Secretary Dumisani Dakile said he has proof Sanral sent out retrenchment letters to workers on Wednesday.
“We have confirmed with more than 1,200 workers, as we speak now, many of the workers at Sanral have received retrenchment notices,” he said.
However, Sanral said the retrenchment claim is untrue, and cannot even be possible.
“It is very mischievous of Cosatu to claim that Sanral is retrenching 1,200 workers when we only have a staff complement of 283,” said Vusi Mona, General Manager of Communications.
Sanral said that the Electronic Toll Company (ETC) – which is a Sanral service provider – is “downscaling its operations in line with its business model”.
In September, the Citizen newspaper reported that ETC advised employees of possible job retrenchments in terms of Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act.
“The business landscape in which ETC operates is rapidly changing and necessitates for structure changes within department,” the group was quoted as saying.
“The structural change is required to ensure that we improve the company’s effectiveness and efficiency,” it said.
Sanral insisted it could not be held accountable for the business decisions made by its service providers.
“Service providers to Cosatu are not the federation and when they retrench, for whatever reason, that can’t be equated to Cosatu retrenching its employees,” Mona said.
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