Solidarity has received comprehensive information on the Cubans who are to come and perform engineering work in South Africa, which it calls a victory in the legal battle against their importation.
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu provided this information after an urgent court application in which Solidarity brought an interdict application pending the disclosure of information.
Sisulu announced in April that 24 Cuban engineers had been called in to assist in fixing the countrys water problems in a R64 million project.
Opposition parties, labour organisations, and the engineering industry have slammed the move, questioning why the government would not use local expertise in this initiative.
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has also pointed out that the engineers were not registered to perform the work for which they had been brought to South Africa.
Solidarity is trying to stop the Cuban engineering project, which it called foolish, immoral, but illegal, through a legal process.
Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann said this information is a first but important victory in the legal battle against the importation of Cuban engineers.
It is a shame that the Minister deliberately misled the public in a statement by saying that the case had been withdrawn. There is no question of that happening, said Hermann.
The urgent case has merely been removed from the court roll after an agreement between the parties.
Solidarity said it can now proceed with the review application to have the Ministers decision on the Cuban engineers declared invalid.
Solidarity has received information on the Cubans engineers who will work in South Africa, which it calls a victory in the legal battle against their importation.
