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Zikalala calls for transformation in the construction industry

File: Construction site of a residential building. GettyImages/fhm

DURBAN - The construction sector is still being run by old, white men and that has to change.

Deputy Public Works Minister, Sihle Zikalala, was speaking at the national summit on the Construction Mafia.

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Zikalala says transforming the industry will help in the fight against extortion syndicates.

Sector still run by old, white men - Zikalala

Zikalala says exploitation is another crisis facing the construction industry. 

Making reference to the George building collapse, in which 34 people died in May, Zikalala says business owners should stop employing slavery tactics and pay employees their rightful minimum wage.

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