Sun City Threatened by Strike

November 27 - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has threatened to bring Sun City to its knees in December if several of its work grievances are not addressed.

The powerful union said that it would prompt strikes and road blocks around the luxury resort if management does not address problems that were identified last month.

"This is wholly prompted by the stubbornness of both Sun City Resorts and Sun International South Africa's management in responding to issues raised by Cosatu on the 30th of October's march," said Cosatu in a statement on Tuesday.

The October march was prompted after a national anthem was played that was seen as an insult to former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Cosatu is demanding that Sun City terminate its contract with Falcon Security, whose employees were involved in the 'racist' incident, despite the fact that a number of personnel had already left the company as a result.

A new incident, however, has toughened Cosatu's demands considerably, leading to the strike threats.

Recently several female Sun City workers were allegedly strip searched after R40 went missing. The women were humiliated by the incident, especially after no money was found on them.

Cosatu threatened to stop work altogether at the resort in December, and said it would not allow traffic to enter, dealing a blow to the organizers of the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge.

"Cosatu calls on all workers at Sun City to down tools on the day in question and it warmly warns all those who are being prepared to work as casuals on the day not to try the working force's patience as they will be endangering their own lives," said Cosatu in a statement.

The trade union is demanding that the Chief Executive Officer of Sun International, DC Coutts-Trotter address the issues on hand.

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