Ipelegeng cooks to be paid despite contract cancellation :: Mmegi Online

FRANCISTOWN: Some temporary cooks who were engaged by the Francistown City Council (FCC) to prepare meals for Ipelegeng workers are crying foul after the municipality terminated their three months contracts amid the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

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.

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