{"id":22690,"date":"2013-09-18T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T18:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/kzn-petrol-worker-attacked-by-four-men\/"},"modified":"2013-09-18T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T18:50:46","slug":"kzn-petrol-worker-attacked-by-four-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kzn-petrol-worker-attacked-by-four-men\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN petrol worker attacked by four men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f62c1_3010959133.jpg\" alt=\"er24_ambulance\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">File photo: Sizwe Ndingane<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/probe-after-petrol-attendant-assaulted-1.1578980\">Probe after petrol attendant assaulted<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; A non-striking petrol attendant who was attacked after finishing the night shift at a New Germany petrol station on Tuesday, and who suffered severe head injuries, remained unconscious in the RK Khan Hospital in Chatsworth on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">He is believed to be the first KwaZulu-Natal victim of the nationwide motor industry strike. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">According to ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson, the 26-year-old was working in casual clothes to disguise himself from the striking workers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">She said paramedics were called to the scene to attend to the seriously injured man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Police spokesman Jay Naicker said the attendant had just finished his shift and was on his way home when four men accosted him, hitting him on the head. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Kamla Chetty, a spokeswoman for RK Khan Hospital, said that when they had tried to speak to the attendant, he had not been \u201cin a state to remember anything.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cHe is under doctors\u2019 care and will possibly be fine in a day or two,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The garage owner said he did not know if the beating was connected to the strike. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI will not point fingers at anyone,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThe guy might have owed someone money or had a fight somewhere, so I cannot say it\u2019s the striking workers, but he was injured,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The owner said his staff were being intimidated and chased from work, but there had been no violence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Numsa\u2019s Petros Ngcobo said they had not received a complaint of violence from any of the union\u2019s conveners who were overseeing pickets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The Fuel Retailers\u2019 Association chief executive, Reggie Sibiya, said they had received more than 150 reports of intimidation and violence from around the country since the strike started last week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Sibiya said that talks aimed at resolving the strike collapsed on Monday night when Numsa rejected the revised offer of a wage increase of 7.5 percent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Sibiya said the interdict prevented striking workers from: <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">* Stopping non-striking employees from reporting for work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">* Carrying or displaying any weapon including sticks and knobkerries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">* Approaching, intimidating or threatening to assault customers or non-striking staff or replacement staff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">* Damaging the property of an employer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">* Obstructing access to and exits at an employer\u2019s premises. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Negotiations resume on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Newspapers File photo: Sizwe Ndingane Related Stories Probe after petrol attendant assaulted Durban &#8211; A non-striking petrol attendant who was attacked after finishing the night shift at a New Germany petrol station on Tuesday, and who suffered severe head injuries, remained unconscious in the RK Khan Hospital in Chatsworth on Tuesday night. 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