BCL liquidator retains 400 workers
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
BCL
The temporary reprieve for the 400, effectively rendered 4,600 Tati and BCL workers unemployed from October 31, 2016.
Provisional liquidator Nigel Dixon-Warren yesterday told Mmegi Business that the 400 workers will be remain employed until a decision on the fate of the two mines is made, possibly by February next year.
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