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This week, correctional services staff and members of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) vowed to rather sit outside the Poyntons Building in Pretoria as they refuse to believe it is safe to work in.

City of Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga shut down the property due to a “serious breach” in fire and emergency evacuation regulations earlier this month.

When asked for comment on the numerous allegations against public works, Popcru’s Richard Mamabolo told The Citizen the department should have done far more by now to create a portfolio of buildings owned and maintained by the department that would have made the need to hire buildings from service providers unnecessary. “That would have saved the state a lot of money and aided with accountability.”

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) confirmed to The Citizen that it was being included in the PSC’s investigation of the “684 posts”.