The pain of losing a job :: Mmegi Online

Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE samples three out of the hundreds of people who lost their jobs when Norilsk International halted construction of the ambitious Activox refinery near Francistown and is met with tales of unpaid school fees and floundering betrothals even before the unions were solemnised

FRANCISTOWN: Ivor Moses, a former concrete hands supervisor employed by GLTA Company at the construction site of the multi-billion Activox Refinery, says his job loss has complicated his life. Moses is one of the nearly 1, 000 workers who became jobless as a result of the Activox collapse.

Until June 4, Moses' plans to marry his long-time girlfriend were advanced. Ever since Norilsk Nickel International chief executive, Peter Breese, announced the indefinite postponement of the construction of the Activox Refinery plant, his plans literally crumbled.

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The pain of losing a job

Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE samples three out of the hundreds of people who lost their jobs when Norilsk International halted construction of the ambitious Activox refinery near Francistown and is met with tales of unpaid school fees and floundering betrothals even before the unions were solemnised

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