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Durban - The majority of KwaZulu-Natal municipal workers did not go to work on Monday morning, the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) said.
"We are busy getting reports from different municipalities across the province. In Umgungundlovu District Municipality for example, the majority of workers in the district's ten municipalities did not go to work," said Jaycee Ncanana, provincial secretary for Samwu.
Members of Samwu and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union had rejected an 11.5% wage increase offer and started to strike on Monday.
Major cities including Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town were expected to be the most affected as they had many municipal employees.
By 09:30, striking municipal workers were not seen in Durban's CBD.
Metro police spokesperson Superintendent Joyce Khuzwayo said they had deployed their members throughout the city to monitor the situation.
She said all police officers were at work on Monday.
Samwu said there was no guarantee that essential services such as water and sanitation, health and electricity, would not be affected during a strike.
- Sapa