Satawu demands urgent payment for unpaid NTI workers

THE CASH-strapped Northwest Transport Investments (NTI) is set to receive a subsidy payment from the Gauteng provincial government and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) wants the entity to immediately pay workers.

- MANYANE MANYANE

The union said some workers have not been paid their salaries for close to a year now. Satawu said it was concerned that these workers remained unpaid despite the court ruling against the former business rescue practitioner (BRP), Thomas Samons.

The union said NTI must prioritise the workers as soon as it receives the money from the Gauteng provincial government.

“We also want to state that NTI must be extra cautious with the funds. We want to emphasise that we do not trust Thomas at all; he can manoeuvre to get through the money,” Satuwu said.

NTI is a public and state-owned enterprise under the North West provincial government. It operates as a public transport entity, particularly focused on public transport within and outside the province.

Samons was appointed in July 2022, after NTI experienced financial challenges. His responsibility was to turn the entity around to make it more sustainable and generate income to pay creditors, primarily of whom are the employees.