{"id":90523,"date":"2015-05-28T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T08:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=90523"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:55:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T11:55:40","slug":"ekurhuleni-peace-corps-members-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/28\/ekurhuleni-peace-corps-members-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni Peace Corps members protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Ekurhuleni Peace Corps demonstrated outside the Germiston Civic Centre, this morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to the GCN&#8217;s journalist on scene it was not an EFF march as reported earlier on Twitter by Intelligence Bureau (@IntelliBureau).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Peace Corps members were demanding information from the mayor as to why they have two contracts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90525\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90525\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000-520x293.jpg\" alt=\"Members are unhappy about the way they are being treated.\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000-270x152.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/05\/IMG-20150528-WA000.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members are unhappy about the way they are being treated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a member who spoke to journalists they were apparently supposed to be employed permanently but this has not happened.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Other issues the members wanted addressed were that of transport, uniforms, payment and overtime.<\/p>\n<p>The Ekurhuleni Peace Corps assists the EMPD in carrying out their duties.<\/p>\n<p>The MMC for finance Clr Moses Makwakwa is currently delivering the budget speech in the metro&#8217;s council chambers.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/germiston-city-news\/ekurhuleni-peace-corps-protest<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90520\/intelligence-bureau-warns-public-to-avoid-cbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intelligence Bureau warns public to avoid CBD<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e5f5a940fe5e5581170531cb322c6ee0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekurhuleni Peace Corps members want the mayor to give them 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