ANA reports that a group of 29 former employees of the company Servest, in the Epping Industrial area in Cape Town, appeared in the Parow Regional Court on Monday, all charged with public violence.  

The case was remanded to 21 July, when the trial is expected to commence.  Their case is a sequel to unrest during a wage dispute at Servest’s premises nearly two years ago, when the group is alleged to have ignored a Labour Court interdict, restraining them from causing any further damage to the premises.  In the course of the unrest, the group was “locked out” and it is alleged that they first torched and then broke down the main gate to the premises.  The police were called and had to use tear gas to disperse the protestors.  It is alleged that the group defied the Labour Court Interdict, and returned to the premises to protest.

• Based on a report at The Citizen

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