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VIDEO: Workers angry at ghost contractor
More than 300 people who were employed to dig trenches in various areas in town, including Kanonkop along Protea Street and in Mineralia near Cafe 101, have downed tools and refuse to work further until they get paid.
Many of the employees claim they have been appointed by a ‘Ghost Contractor’ who is hardly ever seen but assures them payment once the job is done.
Since Monday this week, all tools have been downed. Hundreds of houses have a trench dug outside their homes. Pavements and driveways have been dug up and there seems to be no immediate action to have the trenches filled with sand and complete the job.
On Wednesday afternoon hundreds of workers gathered at the Middelburg Police Station, where they demanded from a supervisor to be paid.
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