IOL "Disgruntled Durban Electricity technicians claim a 'massive' staff exodus and unhappiness about salaries is behind the city's outage crisis, and not load-shedding.
Electricians fed up with not being paid skills allowances, also claim the department was suffering from a huge lack of morale among staff.
Electricians and technicians, they said, 'left in their droves' for the private sector many citing slashed overtime rates and the allowance issue for their unhappiness. Staff claim up to 70 percent of skilled electricians have resigned from their council jobs."
Electricians fed up with not being paid skills allowances, also claim the department was suffering from a huge lack of morale among staff.
Electricians and technicians, they said, 'left in their droves' for the private sector many citing slashed overtime rates and the allowance issue for their unhappiness. Staff claim up to 70 percent of skilled electricians have resigned from their council jobs."