The strike action by its employees cuased delay.Many worker could offort take day off over uncertainty as strike prolonged.
SARS strike impacts on Beit Bridge border operations
September 09 2009 , 5:15:00
Services at the Beitbridge border post have been extremely affected due to the ongoing strike by South African Revenue Services (SARS) staff. More than 100 SARS employees at the border have joined the nationwide strike to demand for a 12.8% increment. Picketing employees clashed with police after the protesters blocked the border entrance.
Truck drivers have been the hardest hit by the strike as some have been queering for two days to have their goods cleared. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) says that more than 90% of the workers at the border have downed tools.
SARS has meanwhile employed temporary workers to assist but Nehawu says the hired staff is not coping. Yesterday the revenue collecter said it was not budging on its latest pay offer to two unions who rejected it yesterday. "SARS considers the nine percent to 11% wage settlement offer to be reasonable, fair and fina. The wage settlement will be implemented to non-union members from 11 September 2009 and will be applied retrospectively with effect from 1 July 2009," SARS spokesperson Andrian Lackay said.
As a result of the strike action, SARS looses revenue of up to R20 000 daily. Nehawu provincial coordinator Alphy Sebola confirmed the impact of the strike, saying it resulted in the piling-up of trucks. SARS says all employees across the province will be bused to the Beitbridge border post on Friday where services are expected to come to a standstill.
Electronic filing , what about poor civilians in the periferal areas and villages?
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