The organisation said businesses such as Denel were not generating income due to the lockdown, leading to workers losing out on income.
JOHANNESBURG - With Denel employees now grappling with the news that the company can’t afford to pay salaries at the end of May, Solidarity has called for lockdown regulations to be terminated.
The struggling state-owned company said the COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on its performance while existing liquidity challenges persist. Solidarity’s sector coordinator for defence and aviation Helgard Cronje said: “But they were able to survive in the months prior to COVID-19 and prior to the lockdown from their operations.”
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