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The Star reports that the Vodacom Durban July horse race, one of the highlights of the social calendar, might not go ahead as planned this weekend.
The Academic & Professional Staff Association (Apsa), which is affiliated to about 500 workers who are in line to be retrenched by Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, has threatened to shut down the event. The union said in a statement: “As Apsa trade union, we have been engaging with Phumelela, which controls the Durban July, to deliberate on the planned retrenchment by the company, without any success. Phumelela has unilaterally decided to retrench about 500 staff members, claiming that it has a financial crisis, yet increased its management remuneration packages and allowances of its board members, who are mainly white males.” But Gold Circle Racing and Gaming said the event was run by them and not by Phumelela and indicated as follows in a statement: “The threatened strike action is against Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, who are currently undergoing a restructuring of their business that affects their employees. It’s all systems go for Saturday.” Apsa has given Phumelela until Wednesday to stop the retrenchments or there would no Durban July.
- Read the original of Tebogo Monama’s report on the above story at The Star
- Read too, No threat to prestigious Durban July, says horse racing operator, at TimesLIVE
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