Employees of JMS Meter Readers, the company that reads municipal meters for Eskom and Johannesburg Water, on Thursday went on strike amid allegations of unfair salary distribution and racist treatment. “There are toilets for white people and toilets for black people. Whites do not use the same canteen as us...I have been working here for more than 10 years now but I am earning R5000. A white person just came and started the same job as me last year and he is earning more than me,” said Kholekile Buthelezi, 32, an employee...“People are not paid according to how they work but their skin colour. The strike started today and will go on until they give in to our demands. Workers are not respected and are taken for granted."...[S]pokesperson for JMS Meter Readers, Michael Wright, said...that there was no crisis...“We get on very well with unions, the staff is happy and we had very successful negotiations. There is no racism..."