Engen promises to help communities near its Durban refinery: Engen says it is trying to uplift Durban south communities because of unemployment amid a long-term standoff with surrounding communities.
This after another protest by communities aligned to local organisation Changing Our Behaviour To Unite outside the Engen refinery in Wentworth on Monday.
“He has not responded so we came here for him to address the community on why he continually goes back on his word,” said Wiseman Hadebe, a member of Cobtu. “The biggest problem is they take service providers from outside eThekwini who come with their own people instead of scouting the surrounding communities for the skills they need.
“We want Engen and its subcontractors to come to our labour desk and have a fair and open recruitment process. People don't think they have a fair chance of getting employment there,” he said. Cobtu chairperson Carlo Thomas said community members had told Engen officials in a community meeting the joint committee was inaccessible to them as they did not know their offices and wanted to work with Cobtu instead.
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