Written by Patience Nyangove
Thursday, 14 January 2010
A-Z Investments owner, Tonata Shiimi has been dragged to the Labour Court by two of his employees after he failed to pay them November and December wages.
Shiimi has reportedly started a new job at the Southern Times as General Manager.
Documents from the Labour Court reveal that Shiimi was ordered to appear before a Labour Inspector only identified as M.S Liswaniso on 7 January 2010 on charges laid against him by John Ackim Pedzisai and Ipinge Matala over allegations of non-payment of their salaries.
In the letter dated 5 January 2010, Shiimi was also requested to bring proof of payment of the alleged outstanding salaries and all relevant documents to settle the matter which was later postponed and later moved to January 12 when Shiimi allegedly failed to turn up for the hearing.
Pedzisai and Matala said they were contracted by Shiimi to erect Swapo election campaign posters across the country but after they finished the job, he started evading them.
Matala claims that he is owed N$2,080 for the month of November until December 20 while Pedzisai is owed N$5,850.
“We went to court yesterday (Tuesday) but he (Shiimi) never showed up. It seems he doesn’t have any regard for the Labour Court at all. If we phone him he does not pick our calls,” the two alleged.
Pedzisai also claimed that Shiimi was now allegedly threatening to have him deported to Zimbabwe.
When contacted for comment Shiimi who was verbally abusive accused this reporter of being related to Pedzisai and taking sides with him despite there being “no truth” in the story at all.
He is well connected in SWAPO and uses those contacts by bribing them to get tenders. He is cursed because nothing he touches prospers. He could have been one of the richest men in Namibia considering all the shaddy deals he does.After bribing to get big tenders he would go on a shopping spree to USA with women until all the money is finished.
ReplyDeleteHe also likes employing Zimbabweans and at the end of the month he will refuse to pay them. None of them reports him because he threatens them with deportation. He is such a loser
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