{"id":81600,"date":"2018-05-31T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T10:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=81600"},"modified":"2018-06-04T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T08:46:35","slug":"hundreds-protest-front-optimum-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/31\/hundreds-protest-front-optimum-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds protest in front of Optimum for salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of JIC Mining employees marched to Optimum Mine’s head office on Thursday, demanding their salaries owed to them for more than a month now.<\/p>\n

The affected miners received some more bad news when Optimum’s business rescue practitioners announced the suspension of JIC mining services at both Optimum and Koornfontein mines.<\/p>\n

A total of 480 NUM members now face unemployment.<\/p>\n

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Strikers in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their medical aids, pensions, live and disability cover were also suspended more than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

JIC Mining is one of eight Gupta owned companies under business rescue.<\/p>\n

Business rescue practitioners however blame Gupta linked JIC executives of using the courts to stall business rescue proceedings.<\/p>\n

NUM on Thursday demanded that the Gupta executives be replaced by the business rescue practition<\/p>\n

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