COSATU marches into town against Choppies

The majority of Choppies’ 19 stores in South Africa are in the North West province, whose COSATU branch is leading a call to boycott, after workers went on strike when 107 of their colleagues were suspended or fired for alleged theft.

In a telephone interview yesterday, COSATU North West provincial secretary, Solly Phetoe told Mmegi that representatives of the South African federation had lined up meetings with local unionists in order to “get a feel of Choppies general behaviour” here, before meeting company directors.