Employees worried that their jobs are on the line after mass looting in Durban

Durban - EMPLOYEES at several businesses, on Queen Nandi Drive and Springfield Industrial Park, fear that they will lose their jobs, following wanton looting that took place in these industrial nodes last week.

According to business owners, some businesses have opted to relocate to other areas, while others were considering shutting down their operations. “To be honest, I am scared. I am afraid that I will be unemployed and I won’t have money to support my family. When I came here, I was so shocked and I was in tears when I saw the damage,” she said.

“The infrastructure is totally damaged, and the company has decided to close and move to other places which are safer. The owners are currently looking for a new place to trade, in the far north of Durban. There are fears that this might happen again and, with us being next to informal settlements, we are not safe,” said Naidoo.

“I've never been this worried in my life and this is stressing me. At this stage, we don’t know if our jobs are safe or not, because what happened here is bad. They stole almost 90% of the stock and also damaged all the machines we use. “As you can see, the whole area is like a zombie land, it is like it has never been a business park. Even the people who were just looting and damaging, I don’t think they are proud of what this area has become,” he said.

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