The government’s victory over imported Cuban engineers – Solidarity – POLITICS

Another important court verdict was passed in favor of “Solidarity” – this time after an almost three-year court battle against the government’s illegal appointment of Cuban engineers in the Republic of South Africa.

On Friday, the North Gauteng High Court declared these excessively expensive appointments made in 2020 by then Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu illegal.

Sisulu and her department went to trial the same year when Solidarity condemned the decision to bring foreign engineers to South Africa at great cost to work on water infrastructure.

This was, among other things, because it was contrary to the required procedures that the government had to follow to obtain the services of such skilled workers. The appointments were further described as unnecessary and unethical – also because South Africans, who were suffering from unemployment at the time, were simply passed over in favor of more expensive foreign workers.