Somizi Clears His Name After Being Linked to A Company In Trouble With the Law
Somizi Clears His Name After Being Linked to A Company In Trouble With the Law. Sunday World publication has recently published a story that Somizi Mhlongo is being pursued by a Sheriff. Allegedly, he and his associates’ company, Search Light (Pty) Ltd, a cleaning company, have failed to pay employees their salaries.
According to reports, the sheriff has visited Search Light’s former offices in Sandton three times but found the premises empty. They are now exploring other avenues to seize their assets as per the enforcement order.
“On July 4, Sunday World reported that Somizi and his partners unfairly dismissed several employees. They allegedly failed to follow due processes.”
“At the time, one of the affected employees told Sunday World: “We were unfairly dismissed in April this year without any warning or hearing. We took the matter to the CCMA, which ruled in our favour for April, May, and June salaries.”
“Despite the CCMA ruling, Somizi and his associates failed to pay the outstanding wages. This prompted the workers to obtain an enforcement order.
“The order authorises the sheriff to attach and sell the company’s movable assets by public auction to recover R165,402.62, plus interest,” the publication wrote.
Somizi has come forth to clear his name against the allegations with a statement. The celebrated media personality and entrepreneur, stated that the company referred to in the article does not belong to him in any way. He said the claims made are completely false and misleading.
“It is deeply concerning that such information is published without proper verification as it has the potential to harm reputations and mislead the public. I urge media outlets to uphold the principles of accuracy and accountability when reporting,” Somizi added.
