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SowetanLive reports that Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson’s R100m salary was brought up on Friday as workers gathered in Johannesburg for the march organised by labour federation Cosatu.
Some workers joined the march dressed in their red Shoprite work T-shirts to express their frustrations over working conditions at the retailer. The workers were astonished this week when the company’s annual report revealed that Basson’s remuneration included R49.7m in basic pay and a one-time R50m performance-related bonus. One of the workers said: “I heard that he [Basson] is saying he is giving his employees R4000 a month‚ but it’s not true. For a temporary worker the maximum pay is R3000‚ that is if you worked maximum hours.” The workers also complained about their prospects of getting permanent employment.
- Read this report by Julia Madibogo and Penwell Dlamini in full at SowetanLive
- Read too, Cosatu says Whitey Basson’s R100m payment ‘obscenely vulgar’, at EWN
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