Frustrated employees who worked at the closed Shiva Uranium mine are now mulling legal action to recover their dues after operations were halted in July. “Starting from July, people have not been paid, until today,” said former Shiva worker Tumi Matosela. “Some people’s houses have been taken away by the bank, their cars, their kids can’t afford to go to school anymore because of the transport cost.” Motosela was addressing the crowd gathered outside the Shiva property on Wednesday where the Democratic Alliance staged the launch of its North West premier candidate, Joe McGluwa. After the event, Matosela asked Shiva employees to provide their details so that a case could be opened. Shiva Uranium is one of nine entities linked to the Gupta family which were placed under business rescue in February this year after their transactional banking facilities were revoked. Business rescue is a provision of the Companies Act to assist in rehabilitation financially distressed companies. But the...
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