NGWENYA:Victor Ndlovu, the Managing Director(MD) of the Ngwenya Iron Ore Mine, has confirmed that some workers were layed-off amid transportation challenges within the mine.
Speaking to this Swaziland News on Sunday evening, the Director said, over R150million was invested within the Mine but currently, there were challenges at the Mozambican seaport, hence the mining company was struggling to transport the product to the overseas market.
Ndlovu was responding after some workers approached this publication, expressing concerns that they might lose their jobs, after the company layed them off.
“It’s true that some employees were layed-off but, we will pay them for the two(2) months while they sit at home, because the problem we are facing will soon be sorted. What happened is that, there are challenges at the Mozambican seaport, we are struggling to transport the mineral to overseas because there’s no space there, are are in a queue.But, we can assure them that the company is not closed, we invested over R150million on this project so, we cannot just close without any returns,” said the Ngwenya Iron Ore Mine Managing Director.
Ndlovu then jokingly said, upon seeing that this editor was calling him, he knew that there might be some trouble in the business that attracted his attention.
But the Managing Director consistently maintained that everything was under control.
“Ngibonile kutsi hhawu!, ngashayelwa nguwe, ngabe sekwentekeni. But everything is under control, we have one hundred and fifty thousand(150000) tones of the mineral ready to be transported to the market,” he said.
The Ngwenya Iron Ore Mine.