Tears of joy and jubilation was the order of the day as over 200 reinstated municipal employees made their way into the Newcastle Farmers Hall.
Newcastle Mayor, his Worship Cllr. Xolani Dube, along with his Deputy Mayor, Cllr Musa Thwala, Speaker of Council, Cllr Thengi Zulu, and council chief whip, Nelisiwe Mthabela, officially welcomed back the 223 previously dismissed municipal during a celebration ceremony on October 3.
WATCH: Reinstated employees sing and dance as they make their way to the Farmers Hall:
Dumisani Thabethe, Strategic Executive Director of the Department of Corporate Services, officially opened the celebration with a prayer before the reinstated employees began singing gospel tunes to commemorate the occasion.
This was then followed with speeches by multiple officials, who formally welcomed the employees back to their desks.
Read the full report in this week’s edition of the Newcastle Advertiser, on sale from Thursday, October 13.
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