Massmart, a firm that owns local brands such as Game and Makro, says they will retain employees while reinstating stores damaged during the unrest.
Massmart, a firm that owns local brands such as Game and Makro, says they will retain employees while reinstating stores.
Job security has been a hot topic since the violent looting ravaged some parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The company’s senior vice-president, Brian Leroni, said 43 of the KwaZulu-Natal facilities were directly impacted. “This included our Riverhorse distribution centre. However, our central distribution centre network has built-in redundancy for scenarios that disrupt supply – and we have activated the related back-up plans. We are confident we have sufficient capacity in our current distribution centre network to fill any gaps in supply. Fortuitously, we are also in the final stages of the building of a new state-of-the-art distribution centre in KwaZulu-Natal. It is scheduled to open in Q4 of this year.
Leroni said the immediate priority throughout this period has been firstly to ensure the safety of their staff and secondly, to further secure their physical assets. The attention, he said, has now shifted to implementing plans to ensure the responsible and safe reopening of affected stores.
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