BCL ex-employees refuse to vacate houses
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Ex-employees were given 12 months rent free stay in BCL houses after the mine was liquidated in October last year. They have now been asked to pay a minimal rental from November up to January that will then be followed by market related rental payments in February. This, according to the liquidator is necessary as a cost recovery measure and to maintain the assets while efforts to secure potential buyers are underway.
In a heated meeting at Tebogo Primary School on Tuesday afternoon, furious ex-employees said they were not going to comply with the liquidator’s demand because since they were left in the lurch without being fully paid their dues, government must compensate them with the mine houses they are occupying.
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