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Massmart employees protest in Sandton over potential closure of stores The group is demanding, among other things, an end to the consultation process that could result in major job cuts. Massmart employees participate in a protest in Sandton on 28 May 2021 against the potential closure of stores and job cuts. Picture: Veronica Mokhoali/Eyewitness News
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JOHANNESBURG - Hundreds of employees of Walmart-owned retailer, Massmart, have taken to the streets of Sandton over the potential closure of its local stores by the US retail giant.
Staff members from stores across the province, including Game, Makro, Builders Warehouse, and Cambridge Food, have held a demonstration outside the head offices of Massmart in Johannesburg.
So outrageous were the “Dread Bills”, tabled by the government in Parliament in May 1981, that not only did they evoke massive local protest but caused a flood of condemnation from abroad, in the Caribbean as well as further afield. These in turn helped to strengthen local resolve to demand the withdrawal of the Bills. However, in spite of these waves of opposition to the repressive Bills, the government would …