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ANA reports that a total of 83% of Solidarity members at Sasol in Secunda in Mpumalanga have voted in favour of a strike to protest the exclusion of white employees from the company’s employee share ownership plan.
On Monday, Solidarity members at the petrochemical giant’s Sasolburg plants will get the opportunity to exercise their strike vote. The trade union indicated on Sunday that support for the strike has been overwhelming, “which is indicative of the levels of frustration that are prevailing among our members.” According to the union, a strike would be the first time in South African history that white employees would take industrial action because of exclusion based on race. In addition to the strike, Solidarity is also planning a national protest which people nationwide can join." Sasol has announced an empowerment scheme, known as Khanyisa, in terms of which its black employees would get shares worth R500,000. Khanyisa will succeed the Inzalo Scheme, which reportedly failed financially. According to Solidarity, Inzalo had been inclusive of white employees. Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann said Sasol’s new scheme was in direct conflict with the mining charter and the practice in the industry. “This scheme is an inflexible scheme only aimed at scoring B-BBEE points. It is not about empowerment of the workers; it is about the commercial value of a score card,” Hermann stated.
- Read this report in full at IOL News
- Read Solidarity’s press statement in this regard at Solidarity News
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