Operation Dudula members has given Rosslyn companies 14 days to respond to their memorandum, which stipulates that the employers must prioritize employing South Africans instead of foreign nationals.
Peter Tabane from Ga-rankuwa said “We came to Rosslyn to address the situation that we as the country are faced with daily, being the high number of unemployment. Which South Africans forget that South Africans should be put first, so we want to put South Africans first, we did not come to Rosslyn to fight with anyone and to force anyone to do what we want, but we are here to tell them that we are sick and tired that our brothers and sisters and are not working and we have an increase number of crime incidents everywhere on a daily basis because of the system that does not put South Africans first.”
“We monitor the situation by making sure that daily, we visit and have relationship with the employers so that they can know that our siblings are in need, there’s no way we won’t visit the companies because we want to make sure that South Africans come first. The movement is working with Department of Labour and Employment, Department of Justice and other Civic organizations
Victoria Mocha from put South African first said that “We want people from other countries to respect the laws of our countries and that young people end up using drugs because they are unable to get employed after graduating. We must stand up and save our country it is the only one we have if it dies there’s no country that will accept us they don’t love us.”
Human Resources Manager at Praga Rosslyn said that her company has 800 employees and only 4 are foreign nationals. She also accepted a memorandum of grievances which gave her company 14 days to reply to the issues that are that raised by the movement.
John Peter Rossouw Human Resources Manager at Afrit Rosslyn plant said that they will look at what the structures of the company looks like and within their process they will verify all their statuses.
