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The Star reports that troubled mining company Central Rand Gold (CRG) has left more than 100 workers in limbo after it shut its gates without giving them notice.
Employees said they were sinking deeper into debt due to the non-payment of their salaries in February and March. According to the workers, since 2017 there had been months when they only got half their salaries, sometimes past payday, without explanation. Then earlier in March, they arrived at work and found the gates locked with armed security manning the entrance. CRG chief executive Dominic van Wyk indicated: “We will do a press release in about two weeks' time. No comment for (today’s) article. We are in negotiations and we will be able to tell you in about a week or two.” The employees said they were angry that their union, the Building, Allied Mining and Construction Workers’ Union (Bamcwu), had done little to help them despite drawing monthly membership fees. The union and CRG were engaged in negotiations aimed at finding a solution, Bamcwu general secretary Zolile Smous advised. Continuing negotiations entailed looking at whether CRG’s Chinese owners would pump in the millions of rands required to save the company, Smous said. He reported that the management had admitted that the mine was financially stressed, adding that CRG owed the workers, as well as various creditors, millions.
- Read the full original of Sibongile Mashaba’s report on this story at The Star
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