{"id":51078,"date":"2023-11-09T14:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/workers-earnings-paid-after-raucous-riots-20231109\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:51:41","slug":"workers-earnings-paid-after-raucous-riots-20231109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/workers-earnings-paid-after-raucous-riots-20231109\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers\u2019 earnings paid after raucous riots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matjhabeng municipal workers were eventually paid their October salaries late on Tuesday evening, almost seven days after pay day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_a78c5ec2\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matjhabeng municipal workers were eventually paid \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9746\/b711a1335e554564b4ac6277042f03d9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bbb23f81b54040c08f19822a047fcd25.jpg\" title=\"Matjhabeng municipal workers were eventually paid their October salaries late on Tuesday evening, almost seven days after pay day. Rioting broke out all over the municpality in protest\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Matjhabeng municipal workers were eventually paid their October salaries late on Tuesday evening, almost seven days after pay day. Rioting broke out all over the municpality in protest<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Matumela Khara<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The North Park entrance to the municipal buildings\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9746\/73d226ab399c482cbbde883aa4fbdf49.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/148e430fb82f49c48b47a8fd50eeebf7.jpg\" title=\"The North Park entrance to the municipal buildings was badly damaged, and fires were set by protesting rioters who caused thousands of rands\u2019 worth of damage to municipal infrastructure and at the municipal complex in Stateway after their salaries were not paid\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The North Park entrance to the municipal buildings was badly damaged, and fires were set by protesting rioters who caused thousands of rands\u2019 worth of damage to municipal infrastructure and at the municipal complex in Stateway after their salaries were not paid<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Matumela Khara<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"On Thursday and Friday last week, angry municipal \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9746\/6b7a19d7b45946938c19b34b2f41e631.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ba43f0a8db4f4042add9133b50c3be2e.jpg\" title=\"On Thursday and Friday last week, angry municipal workers caused thousands of rands\u2019 worth of damage to municipal infrastructure and the municipal complex in Stateway after their salaries were not paid\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">On Thursday and Friday last week, angry municipal workers caused thousands of rands\u2019 worth of damage to municipal infrastructure and the municipal complex in Stateway after their salaries were not paid<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Matumela Khara<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday and Friday last week, angry municipal workers caused thousands of rands\u2019 worth of damage to municipal infrastructure and the municipal complex in Stateway after their salaries were not paid. The municipal bank account had been frozen by debtors and in an effort to free funds Matjhabeng applied for an urgent interdict citing 28 respondents, including the Welkom sheriff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adv. 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