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Engineering News reports that Solidarity has announced that it will pursue criminal charges against those responsible for theft and mismanagement at the country’s state-owned entities (SOEs).
The trade union indicated this in a statement reporting its latest legal success, on behalf of its members, against the Denel defence industrial SOE. Regarding Denel, the Johannesburg Labour Court has ordered the SOE to pay R90-million to those of its employees who are members of Solidarity. This money is to cover overdue salaries and other payments due to the employees. Some Denel workers have not received their full salaries since May 2020. The court gave the company ten days to implement the order. This case followed a previous success when Solidarity received warrants to seize Denel property to the value of R12 million and Denel finally paid. Solidarity CE Dr Dirk Hermann warned that if Denel did not comply with the latest court order, the union would instruct the sheriff to seize assets belonging to the SOE. But, Hermann said that further action was needed: “We cannot allow that our members and ordinary taxpayers have to carry the can for the State’s mismanagement anymore while the plunderers can simply carry on plundering with impunity. We have to take matters further. We will now carry on with litigation and will file criminal charges to ensure that those who caused this mess can be held accountable for it.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
- Read Solidarity’s press statement in the above regard at Solidarity News
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