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The South African Municipal Workers' Union says its members in the Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape will down tools if they do not receive their salaries on Monday.
The warning comes after the Local Council failed to pass the municipal budget and Integrated Development Plan on Thursday.
The Democratic Alliance said the council deadlocked during the voting process with the votes split between the DA, EFF, Freedom Front Plus, and the ANC together with the Compatriots of South Africa
The DA said the Municipal Manager, Eddie Rankwana, also confirmed in a memorandum that the non-approval of the budget will impact the municipal workers' salaries.
Samwu Provincial Secretary, Luzuko Yalezo, said the Municipality needs leaders who have an interest in workers, and the community and must show political maturity in this kind of circumstance
"As we speak now we have an implication because the budget was not passed, services will not go to the communities and municipal workers will not be paid," he added.
Yalezo says municipal workers have put in the work throughout the month and Samwu expects salaries to be paid on Monday.
"The salary is not a prepaid arrangement, you work and at the end of the month, you get paid. On Monday we are expecting money in the bank, no stories," he said.
