Factory workers stranded as bosses flee

AT least 3 000 workers at the Ace Apparel International factory in Maputsoe were left in the lurch this week after bosses surreptitiously shut down the factory and fled the country. The workers were due to receive their salaries next week before the Christmas holidays. The company was operating two factories with each employing at 1 500 workers. The factory is owned by two shareholders, one from South Africa, while the other investor is from Australia.