Ipelegeng cooks to be paid despite contract cancellation

According to some of the temporary cooks who spoke to MmegiOnline on condition of anonymity for of fear of being victimised in future, the cancellation of their contracts has affected them negatively. They claim that they incurred some costs, which they had planned to repay within three months.

“We had borrowed funds from some people with the believe that we will repay them within three months before our contracts expire. But right now, it will be difficult for us to repay them after our contracts were abruptly cancelled because of coronavirus. Anyway, we can’t cry for spilt milk forever since our lives should continue pre and post the coronavirus,” said one of the temporary cooks.