Moolmans sacks 31 despite union protest

FRANCISTOWN: The president of the Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU), Rex Tambula, says he is not happy about 'the whole set up' in Moolmans Mining Company that is being used to chop the employees.

Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) has contracted Moolmans Mining Company for extraction of nickel ore."It has been reported that TNMC has reduced its daily production from 35 tonnes to 30 tonnes, so we are not quite sure about what this retrenchment is all about because they keep on changing daily production rates," Tambula said.

Tambula said they had an emergency meeting with management yesterday to discuss the retrenchment of Moolmans employees, one of his intentions being to convince the management not to fire the workers because there are still some issues that are not resolved.

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