Green Fuel workers down tools

OVER 500 workers at Chisumbanje ethanol plant, Green Fuel, have downed tools in protest over non-payment of salaries for the past six months, raising fears that the industrial action could plunge the country into a serious blended fuel shortage.

The workers have vowed not to return to work until their salary arrears are cleared.

They alleged that Green Fuel general manager Conrad Rautenbach had been paying engineers and other management staff, yet the bulk of workers who drive production have not been paid.

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