Protesters march over Pick n Pay Kingsburgh scandal
A peaceful protest march took place outside Pick n Pay following its alleged mishandling of a worker's death in the store.
A PEACEFUL march was held today (May 23) against Pick n Pay Kingsburgh’s handling of the incident earlier this month where an employee’s lifeless body was kept covered while the store remained open for three hours before its removal.
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The march, organised by the uMkhonto we Sizwe political party, saw protestors march from Warner Beach Astron garage to the Kingsburgh Centre, where they chanted, demanding accountability and improved safety measures to be implemented to prevent future incidents of such nature.
Organiser of the march Mandla Mlamla said, “We heard allegations explaining that the employee was sick and the manager refused to allow the employee to go to the clinic. We are vehemently against such failure to uphold workers’ rights. We organised this march to hand over a memorandum to the owner of the store, condemning its failure to uphold fundamental workers’ rights. We have given them 30 working days to respond to the memorandum.”
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