Workers affiliated with the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) have been ordered by the Labour Court not to disrupt operations at the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) and to refrain from continuing with what the court described as an unlawful strike.
The municipality approached the court over the ongoing dispute between the labour union and senior VDM officials. On Friday, 11 July, Judge Benita Witcher granted an interdict prohibiting SAMWU members from "directly or indir...