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SowetanLive reports that the North West government has failed in two months to convince one of the province’s biggest employers and largest cheese factory to halt its planned relocation from a town paralysed by poor service delivery and factional battles for power.
Production departments at the cheese factory in Lichtenburg are now being down-scaled, shut and relocated from the North West, with the fourth department set to relocate in just two weeks. The plant employs a total of 300 people, and 266 are directly affected by the relocation. In June, Clover announced its plans to move its cheese factory to Queensburgh, near Durban, after poor road infrastructure and regular water and power outages made operations in Lichtenburg under the troubled Ditsobotla municipality very difficult. Clover said at the time that the surrounding infrastructure had not been maintained by the municipality. Clover, speaking for the first time since making the relocation announcement, said on Tuesday that it remained remains firm in its decision and the process was already underway. “Clover management has engaged various government officials in this regard and is open to engage the North West government. A formal request has not yet been received at head office, however Clover has e-mailed the North West government to offer a meeting and is awaiting a response,” Clover said in response to Sowetan's inquiry. It went on to say: “Clover is actively engaging with the affected employees to explore various options aimed at mitigating the effects of the move and remains committed to acting in the best interest of its collective stakeholders.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Issac Mahlangu at SowetanLive
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