Daybreak Foods' workers call for urgent management overhaul

This follows a welfare emergency currently unfolding at two of Daybreak's breeder farms

- BANELE GININDZA

WORKERS at Daybreak Foods' farms have laid down a series of demands that centre on the immediate termination of Chief People Officer Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi's contract, alongside a comprehensive overhaul of the company’s board and management structure.

This demand comes as the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) on Friday injected a further R74 million into the embattled farming establishment in a bid to pay for outstanding salaries for April, buy chicken feed supplies, and for specific essential operational expenses.

The R74m, which is part of the R250m financial support requested by Daybreak in February, was initially earmarked for capital expenditure.

On Friday, the Daybreak Workers Union issued a letter detailing their demands and expressed deep concerns over past management practices.

"To avoid suffering the same fate, we are eliminating that risk, and avoiding the new cash injection falling into the same hands that have already proven to be incapable and incompetent to run and manage the establishment," read the letter, which was seen by Business Report.