On Thursday 21st January a confrontation in front of the Aberdeen Municipality between an Aberdeen Councilor Vusillie Jacobs and the Unemployed Workers Union and their members took place. The project of repairing the roads on the R77 which started in January 2010 was under heated discussion. This project according the Unemployed Worker’s Union and its executive member Lungile Majabangua, had not been advertised as is stipulated by law. Five positions were given to the community of the Lotusville without consultation with the Unemployed Workers Union, or without an advertisement being placed which would have given availability to all to apply legally, and favouritism or even perhaps the dreaded word nepotism is feared. Although executives of the Unemployed Workers Union later met with Councilor Vusillie Jacobs and Councilor Maureen Jacobs, no reasonable solution could be found to this problem. Dissatisfaction with the handling of this limited availability of work has not endeared the participants of these high handed decisions to those desperately seeking work.
Article By: Joan Tinker