South African Woman Shares Touching Goodbye After Being Fired From SA's Biggest Grocery Store

South African Woman Shares Touching Goodbye After Being Fired From SA's Biggest Grocery Store

  • A woman posted a TikTok video telling others that she was officially leaving her job by force
  • The lady shared the heartfelt post letting people know that she was officially bidding her workplace goodbye
  • South Africans were touched after the woman shared the circumstances that led her to not having a job anymore

In a post on TikTok, a woman showed the last moment she would ever go to work. The woman touched people after she revealed that she was let go from her way of making a living.

Woman working as large grocery store gets fired
A woman working at a large grocery store was fired. Image: @asamkelovellem
Source: TikTok

Many online users were moved by the details that the woman shared about her workplace. In the video posted on 22 April 2026, the lady showed she had a good working relationship with her colleagues.

In a video on TikTok by @asamkelovelle,m a woman announced that she was officially a former employee of one of South Africa's largest grocery stores. Her caption details that she was saying farewell to her colleagues after she got fired. She alleged that a case of missing R700 cost her a job. Watch the video of the woman saying goodbye to her colleagues below:

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SA support former employee

Many people felt that the video of the woman was touching. Online users flooded the comment section with encouraging messages while others shared having a similar experience. Read the comments below:

Other former retail worker shared similar experiences
Other former retail workers shared their experiences also losing their jobs. Image: Tangjingao / Pexels
Source: UGC

Mike wished the woman well:

"GOD is going to open more doors for you..I was dismissed in 2015, but today I'm at a much better place.GOD is good all the time."

lindiweradebe10 added to the well-wishes:

"May God open bigger doors for you, baby girl. Akuphelanga, you are free from oppression and all the best baby girl 😘"

Sanele Precious Nkosi wrote:

"You are strong, I couldn't even speak ngavele ngaphuma without saying anything to anyone🤣🤣"

politix101 added:

"This happened to my daughter a few years ago. Today, uyazisebenzela. She never looked back. This may pave the way for another opportunity for you. Don't lose hope."

Mbela wrote:

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"Behind that smile is a very heavy heart and tears but you must know one thing God is not stupid uyayazi into enkulu akubekele yona,cry but uthule tuu."

zandie452 alsoo shared her experience:

"I work at a bottle store n we're always short sometimes even with a R1000 or more. We don't get fired, but they take money from our pay."

Janyck Mopp added:

"I was short with R80 about 22 years ago and got fired. From there I grew in so many jobs, don't even worry. They are so strict with shortages, they should be more strict with how long their queues are. It's pathetic."

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Rutendo Masasi (Weekend Entertainment and Human Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 4 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of training courses by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za