IMEYA yeTheku, uMnuz Mxolisi Kaunda incoma iSouth African Breweries (SAB) ngokutshala u-R204 million ukuthuthukisa ifemu yayo eseProspecton.
Izolo uKaunda ebeyohlola umsebenzi osuwenziwe yi-SAB ukunweba ifemu yayo.
“I-SAB iqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-500. Siyajabula ukuthi selokhu yafika lapha eProspecton eminyakeni ewu-49 edlule iyaqhubeka nokukhula.
Siyazi ukuthi iphazamiswe yizikhukhula neCovid-19 kodwa ikwazile ukunweba ifemu ukuze igcine imisebenzi yabantu,” kusho uKaunda.
Uthe emuva kwezikhukhula, izibhelu neCovid-19 bebelokhu bexhumana nezinkampani ezihlukene ukuze babone ukuthi ziqhuba kanjani.
“Siyajabula ukuthi i-SAB iyaqhube nokutshala imali eThekwini yize yakhahlanyezwa yizikhukhula. Ikwazile ukunweba ifemu yayo yaqasha abanye abasebenzi abawu-40.
Ngesikhathi kwenziwa lo msebenzi bekuvuleke amanye amathuba omsebenzi. Siyabonga ukuthi kubo bonke lobu bunzima baqinisekisile ukuthi akekho olahlekelwa wumsebenzi,” kusho uKaunda.
UMqondisi we-SAB, uMnuz Nkanyiso Mncwabe uthe bazibophezela ukutshala u-R5.8 billion eNingizimu Afrika kuleyo mali u-R240 million bawusebenzise ukunweba ifemu yabo eseProspecton.
Uthe bayajabula ukwesekwa wuMasipala weTheku owabalekelela ukuthi ngesikhathi sezikhukhula nangezibhelu bakwazi ukugcina imisebenzi yabantu.