Clover
Two people arrested in connection with Clover strike death
The 56-year-old man died after allegedly being pelted with stones by protesters at Clover’s Clayville manufacturing facility earlier on Thursday.
It's understood the incident happened at Clover's facility in Clayville earlier on Thursday while workers were demonstrating against a Section 189 process currently under way at the company.
This comes after the union hosted a so-called war-council meeting on Monday together with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and various other workers unions.
The Labour Court has ordered the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) and the Food and Allied Workers Union to clear social media messages that incites the removal of Clover products from shelves.
This will stop them from intimidating non-striking workers, damaging company property, or inciting violent behaviour using social media platforms.
They also want the company to be independent of Israel’s central bottling company, which owns Clover through the Milco SA Consortium.
Several labour unions are standing in solidarity with the South African Federation of Trade Unions over the proposed retrenchment of workers at Clover.