The Citizen reports that unpaid Denel workers have no relief in sight as a recent court case only granted relief for one subsidiary.  Meanwhile, workers stormed into a meeting where the board was sitting with unions to tell them in person how they struggled to live without their salaries.

In a tweet sent out by Irvin Jim of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA, a woman can be heard crying and telling the board and unions that she is still young and she has to resign, not by choice, but because she is a breadwinner. Although many employees have resigned because they were not receiving a salary, the employee claimed those who resigned were also not getting their money. Trade union Solidarity took the arms manufacturer to task recently and got a ruling in favour of Solidarity and its members. The High Court in Pretoria ruled that Denel must urgently comply with statutory regulations regarding its employees. Denel is now forced by the judgment to pay over the unemployment insurance fund (UIF) monies and tax which were deducted from employees’ salaries over several months. Helgard Cronje from Solidarity said that the ruling did not cover the whole company and that although the sheriff started making a list of assets, nothing had been sold yet. “However, they are playing games now, because the money used to pay old debts is simply taken off the current account that should be used to pay salaries,” he said.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ina Opperman at The Citizen

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