Why was the factory empty for the first two weeks of January? Read the following text and answer the questions.

Where are the workers?

The following incident took place in a company based in South Africa and which had a Dutch management team. Those employed in the production department were black.

The general manager was pleased with the performance of the production workers, and as is usual in his own country, the Netherlands, he awarded them a bonus at the end of the year equivalent to two weeks’

wages.

The Christmas holidays came and went and the New Year started. However, none of the production workers turned up for work, even though the factory was open. Eventually, on 15 January they re-appeared.

The general manager was perplexed. What had gone wrong?