[miningmx.com] – THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it welcomed the decision by the North Gauteng High Court to dismiss with costs an application by Khulubuse Zuma to have R1.5bn in claims against his company set aside.
“It is a victory for the poor mineworkers,” said the NUM. “Thousands of these workers are still trapped in abject … others have passed on due to stress created by these heartless tenderpreneurs,” it added.
Zuma, who is the president’s nephew, is the former director of Aurora Empowerment Systems, which took over two mines and then liquidated. Liquidators want Zuma and his co-directors to be held liable for the mismanagement of the mines and five thousand job losses, said Eyewitness News.
Congress of South African Trade Unions Secretary General, Zwelinzima Vavi, on Tuesday said this was a victory for workers who now have the chance of getting paid what they are due, after five years, said Eyewitness News.
Click here to read the full article
