More than 50 truck drivers employed by a logistics company in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, accuse their employer of owing them salaries for several months. The drivers also claim their salaries were cut from R17,000 to R2,000 per month.
Since then, some employees have been camping outside the company’s premises day and night. Some of them have worked for the company since 2007. The concerned workers claim they discovered that the company withheld funds meant for UIF and Provident Fund. The drivers say they are unable to feed their families and service their debts.
Another driver from Bizana in the Eastern Cape says, “We are no longer allowed to enter the premises, and they have been deducting our monies but not directing it to where they are supposed to be paid. At least they should give us our papers so that we can file claims. We don’t know what to do now.”