Mochudi tribal staff woes deepen

Friday, April 11, 2014

More than 30 employees of Mochudi Tribal Administration are forced to carry office furniture and equipment every working day to and from their workstations in tents set-up after their colonial office block was declared unfit for occupation.

The Department of Buildings and Electrical Services has branded the colonial area offices a health hazard and ordered the evacuation of staff. The condemned offices have not been renovated for many years. They are now used to store office equipment and furniture which the employees have to carry every morning to the four tents serving as their workstations. In the evening, they return the facilities to the old building.

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Mochudi tribal staff woes deepen

More than 30 employees of Mochudi Tribal Administration are forced to carry office furniture and equipment every working day to and from their workstations in tents set-up after their colonial office block was declared unfit for occupation.