Strike looms at Botash after wage deadlock

Botash, located in the Sua Pan in the North East, is the region’s largest supplier of natural sodium and related products and has a workforce of more than 500.

Mmegi is informed that the strike action comes after deadlocked negotiations in which workers were pushing for across-the-board salary increases of eight percent, shift allowances increases of eight percent as well as increases of eight percent in their standby allowances. Workers also wanted a utility allowance of one 48 kilogramme gas cylinder per employee per annum.