Former Sasol CEO’s R47m pay should land him in jail, Amcu’s Mathunjwa says
THE CEO of petrochemical giant Sasol should be jailed for receiving an annual salary of R47m when workers are earning peanuts, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa told the company’s management on Thursday.However, Sasol is now run by joint presidents and CEOs Bongani Nqwababa and Stephen Cornell. The two assumed their positions in July, taking over from David Constable. Amcu was referring to Constable’s 2015 earnings — R47m.On Thursday about 1,500 Sasol workers who had travelled by bus from Sasol’s Secunda operations marched to the company’s head office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, to hand over a memorandum. This followed their rejection of a 7% offer from the employer.Workers were demanding a R12,500 salary adjustment across the board and a R3,500 adjustment added to the salaries of those who earn more than that, among other things.READ THIS: Sasol workers in Secunda down tools"The demand for a minimum wage of R12,500 is ridiculed as un...
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