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The Citizen reports that it was business as usual at the Silverton Shopping Crossing in the East of Pretoria, even though members of the EFF picketed with employees in front of the Pick n Pay (PnP) store.
Most of the shops in the centre remained open, except PnP, where staff in uniforms danced in front of the locked shop doors. “PnP you are killing us,” the members chanted, while police formed a human chain to guard the entrance. EFF activist Bongani King Ramontja from Mamelodi said many workers were worried about how they would be able to pay their debts come month-end after getting a verbal notice that the shop was closing its doors on 17 March. “The 51 members of our community that works for PnP were given two weeks’ notice that they were shutting down the store without any retrenchment packages, nor did they consult with them. Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act stipulates that employers must follow fair procedures when retrenching employees,” Ramontja said. He added that “we have engaged with them and written letters to the owners and the head office, but they have been sending us from pillar to post. The workers are very frustrated, they don’t know what was going to happen to them, come 17 March.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marizka Coetzer at The Citizen
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