Sua Flamingoes in Another Labour Dispute
Chakalisa Dube | Monday August 9, 2021 16:28
Thatayotlhe 'Pele' Gaokgorwe who is the club’s former assistant welfare manager insists that his verbal contract with the club was terminated with six months remaining. Pele left Flamingoes in June after he was told that the club no longer need his services. He however maintains that he had a verbal contract with the club agreed in January this year and was to end in December. For this reason, he is now demanding that club pay him wages from July to December for 'unfairly terminating' his contract.
On the other hand, sources have said that the club insists that Gaokgorwe’s verbal agreement started from June last year until June this year. In addition, the club is of the view that the decision to part ways with the welfare manager was procedural.
Yesterday, Gaokgorwe confirmed that he has taken the club to the labour office and the matter will be heard on Thursday. “It will however not be ideal for me to discuss the matter with media while both parties are yet to appear before the labour office.”
This is the second the time that the club will appear before the labour office. Two months ago, former Sua Flamingoes general manager Thomas Motsewakhumo took the club to the labour office over unfair dismissal. The two parties failed to reach an agreement at the labour office. Motsewakhumo has since approached the industrial court.
Motsewakahumo was fired early this year, a month after he was accused of insubordination. He however, maintained his innocence and said that he was fired for opposing the club’s decision to cut his salary by 50% without consulting him. The former general manager argued that his salary cannot be cut because he works from Monday to Friday. The club maintained that everything was done accordingly. Flamingoes’ chairperson Tirelo Thebe told The Monitor that the club is not aware of any case with Gaokgorwe.