It’s back to the negotiating table for Eskom and three trade unions, with wage negotiations set to resume on Friday. The power utility has upped its wage increase offer from zero percent to 6.2 percent for 2018. It's also offering 6 percent for the next two years. Initially, Eskom said it could not afford any wage increases for this year. This triggered nationwide protest action which resulted in load-shedding in […]
The unions say they were disappointed that Eskom came to these wage talks without the presence of some board members or the presence of the Group CEO Phakamani Hadebe. As Eskom wage talks resume for a second day on Wednesday, trade unions have called on the power utility to bring staff with the capacity to take decisions to the negotiating table, in line with the commitment which was made to […]
Organised labour at Eskom has called on the government to do "everything" to ensure the cash-strapped power utility is resourced to increase employees’ wages or "the lights will switch off". The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Tuesday that they would declare a dispute of interest at the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)‚ as they exhaust all legal […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
