The Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations says the shortage of port health officials at the Ramatlabama and Skilpadhek border crossings in North West is causing congestion. The two border points close at 6pm instead of the normal 10pm and midnight cut offs. It is reported that the borders have a shortage of port health officials leading to large numbers of drivers waiting to be screened for […]
Social grant recipients have released employees of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) after holding them hostage in Tshidilamolomo and Disaneng villages on the outskirts of Mahikeng in the North West on Wednesday. This happened after hundreds of recipients were sent back home after being told that their accounts had insufficient funds for withdrawal at ATMs. The South African Post Office (Sapo) has taken over the distribution of social […]
By Wardah Wilkinson Christmas shoppers will find the Shoprite group of stores busier than usual on Friday as employees have embarked on a one day nationwide strike. Members of the South African Commercial‚ Catering and Allied Workers Union and Congress of South African Trade Unios (Saccawu) and with an expected support of more than 30‚000 Saccawu members at Shoprite supermarkets, operations will be badly affected. Members are demanding a reversal […]
Africa's biggest gold miner AngloGold Ashanti is planning to retrench 8500 mine workers as part of its restructuring its South African business. The company which employs 28 000 people, says the retrenchment is part of the restructuring of the company's production and cost base in its South African business. Economics analyst Nerina Visser says, “This is much more about the age of our gold mines and the escalating costs of […]
The EFF has slammed the proposed National Minimum wage of R3500 per month, announced by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday, saying that the move favours business at the expense of workers. Ramaphosa announced the findings of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) report. Among them, is a proposal of an NMW of R3500 per month or R20 per hour. “The proposal will not lead to the desired resolution of the […]
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.
