CBC Milco bought clover and is now closing the plant to import dairy from israel
The owners of Clover, David and Dorit Wertheim also have the franchise for Coca-Cola and many other bottling brands for distribution in Israel.
More than 4,000 GIWUSA and FAWU workers at the Clover dairy industry company in South Africa have been on strike since November 22, 2021. The company is the largest distributor of milk products and is now owned by the Israeli billionaire Wertheim family that controls the Central Bottling Company CBC in Israel and Milco which bought the company in South Africa in 2019. Both SAFTU and COSATU unions and the Palestinian solidarity movement in South Africa opposed the sale at the ANC government Competition Tribunal.