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source: Mmegi
BAME PIET
Staff Writer

Close to 70 employees of courier company, African Express boycotted work yesterday afternoon demanding to be paid their April wages. The employees told Mmegi outside their Gaborone office that they do not know whether or not they will get paid.

“We have not been paid. Our employers have not said anything to us and we keep telling our landlords that we will pay rent the following day but they have since lost patience with us,” said an employee who declined to be identified for fear of victimisation.

The employees complained that they are not getting any communication from the management about their salaries. “We are not saying we want salary increments or what. We say we want proper communication from the management so that we can make proper arrangements,” another employee said.

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