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Parliament said the EFF had falsely claimed, without any evidence, that it planned to lay off thousands of workers.
FILE: Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town. Image: Christa Eybers / Eyewitness News.
JOHANNESBURG – Parliament on Saturday denied what it called misleading claims made by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) that it planned to implement job cuts.
Parliament said the EFF had falsely claimed, without any evidence, that it planned to lay off thousands of workers.
Spokesman Moloto Mothapo said that despite the cut in the Treasury’s allocation to Parliament, there was no crisis that would justify a drastic intervention as claimed by the EFF.
Instead, Parliament said it had offered some of its employees voluntary early retirement.
Mothapo said appropriate steps will be taken to ensure layoffs are avoided.
“It is a voluntary retirement package, so it cannot be used to expel employees as stated by the EFF. It will be up to those employees to decide whether they want to take it or not. The layoffs, on the other hand, are completely opposite to this and Parliament has nowhere announced that it has considered it. “
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