Mine workers fail to register for South African dues

The old men, most of whom are above 75 years of age were in the queue as early as 6.30am but by 9am, they lost patience because they had not been served. They left the queue and assembled in front of the hotel,blocking the entrance. This then slowed down the registration process as it became difficult to enter the hotel's conference room where they were supposed to be registered.

At the same time, Labour officials became confused as senior police officers and the hotel management advised them to reschedule the registration and find a better place that could accommodate the numbers.As the argument continued, police officers were of the opinion that the number of people outside the hotel was difficult to monitor and compromised security as criminals could use the jostling to steal.