By Nneka Nwogwugwu
At least 200 Redwing Mine workers in Penhalonga Thursday lodged a protest judicial management’s move to reinstate Betterbrands Mining Company (BMC) under unclear circumstances, NewZimbabwe reports.
In an unprecedented move, workers opted for the return of Metallon Gold as they resisted efforts by the Interim Corporate Rescue Practitioner (ICRP)’s Knowledge Hofisi to reimpose opaque BMC mining operations at Redwing.
The workers engaged in a heated exchange with Hofisi at the premises, arguing that a tributary agreement was made in September last year to remove Redwing Mine from a corporate rescue plan.
The irate workers were also annoyed by Redwing workers’ representative Reynos Gumbo after he reportedly handpicked a committee led by Peter Zheke.
The committee allegedly agreed to secretly grant exclusive rights to BMC.
Well-placed sources revealed that BMC’s legal advisor Allan Masiya chaired a covert meeting in early January whereby a resolution to restore abeyant tributary agreements were made with a compromised workers committee.
“The committee resolved that Redwing operations would commence immediately upon the handling of the mining claim and those operations would not be hindered or interrupted as a way of giving Betterbrands comfort and security for its investment,” reads part of the amended agreement.
Insiders revealed that workers have made a High Court application seeking to undo corporate rescue, whose judgment was reserved on 31 January 2022.
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