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Cosatu ready for its nationwide strike

Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is ready for its nationwide strike and protests against unemployment which will coincide with World Day for Decent Work tomorrow. The federation says the aim of the national strike is to highlight the economic crisis characterised by income inequality, poverty and high unemployment. COSATU’s national spokesperson Zanele Sabela says, “It’s about the fact that even the people that actually have jobs, […]

6 October 2024

Local

E-hailing drivers threaten shutdown

E-hailing drivers from services including Bolt and Uber have threatened to shut down operations on Monday. The protest relates to ongoing safety concerns as well as issues surrounding drivers’ commissions. A number of e-hailing vehicles have been torched in recent months. Drivers are demanding that e-hailing companies and government address all their concerns. An economist and director at Antswisa Transaction Advisory, Miyelani Mkhabela, says the transportation sector is a critical engine to drive […]

17 July 2023

Local

SA truck drivers threaten to embark on shutdown

The Truckers Association of South Africa says it will soon engage with truck drivers in an attempt to avert another strike. This comes after South African truck drivers threatened to embark on a shutdown. Their concerns include the employment of foreign nations as drivers and the loading system that employers use. Previously, similar action resulted in severe traffic disruptions on the country’s major economic routes. The government formed a task […]

25 April 2023

Local

SATAWU not backing down on medical insurance demand

he South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said it would still pursue the matter of medical insurance, despite accepting the 7% wage offer in the bus sector. The union announced on Friday that it accepted the offer that would be backdated to the beginning of 2023, after threats of a major bus strike over the Easter weekend. One of its main demands during the negotiation was for the employers to […]

16 April 2023

Local

WC health facilities back to normal amid ongoing protest, confirms health dep

The Western Cape health department said operations at all health facilities in the province are back to normal. This as the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers (Nehawu) strike in the province continues. Negotiations between the employer and the union are still underway. The workers have been staging demonstrations since Monday in demand of a 10% wage increase while the employer is offering 4.7%. Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo […]

11 March 2023

Local

UCT academic staff set to go on strike

About 700 members of the Academics’ Union (AU) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are set to embark on an unprecedented wage strike next week. Academic staff is unhappy over a 3% pay increase offered by management. It’s expected that the strike will negatively affect registration, the release of supplementary examination results as well as teaching at the institution. Lead Negotiator of AU, Associate Professor Kelley Moult, says they […]

22 January 2023

Local

Taxi strike fails to dampen spirits of Western Cape matrics

LOCAL About 100 Western Cape matric students sat for Sepedi and Sesotho papers on Tuesday amid a taxi strike. The SA National Taxi Association (Santaco) in the province embarked on a two-day protest after the suspension of the City of Cape Town's Blue Dot Taxi initiative. Insufficient budgets ended the initiative, which rewards good behaviour and excellent service. Two buses were set on fire in the city on Monday, while a […]

23 November 2022

Local

Cape flats taxi ranks left empty as operators down tools

By: Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Thousands of taxi commuters were left stranded on Monday morning as taxi operators parked at various public transport interchanges while other taxi ranks were left empty after the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) announced a stay away. Santaco First Deputy Chairperson Gershon Geyer said that the taxi industry had no choice but to down tools, in an attempt to get local government to take them seriously. […]

21 November 2022

International

Syria: Deadly Turkish air strikes hit several northern border towns

INTERNATIONAL Turkish air strikes hit several towns across northern Syria, including the city of Kobane late Saturday, said Kurdish-led forces there and a Britain-based monitoring group. At least six members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and six pro-government soldiers were killed in the strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Kurdish-led forces based in Syria said at least two villages hit in the attack were populated with internally displaced people (IDPs), including […]

20 November 2022

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