Sheriffs lock up Phikwe textile factory

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Fifty employees of Microlith Textile here were left in the lurch after they were ordered out of the building by court sheriffs who locked up the factory for unpaid rental last Thursday.

A worker who did not want to be named told Mmegi that the court sheriffs told the workers that the factory would be opened for business only after the rental arrears of P582,808.82 is paid to the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC).

This has left workers without their last month’s salary as this happened before they were paid and they are now unsure about the future of their employment.

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