Monkeys Running the Zoo, or is that Thieves Running the Bank? After a months long remuneration increase battle between the ANC Civil Services sector, with the Unions allied as partners against the ANC government, the issues could not be resolved, so they are now heading to the ANC’s Constitutional Court to find a solution or agreement. Yet some time ago it was announced that the ANC government did not have the money to offer salary increases, because all the money was spent in large scale systemic and institutional corruption.
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ANC Unions Take Corrupt ANC Government to ANC ConCourt over Corrupt ANC Civil Service Salaries!
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#TheBlackFigLeaf To Excuse Corruption, Hide Black Incompetence & Plunder SOE’s! How Nontsasa Memela Used “Transformation” To Plunder SAA!
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When Zuma said “corruption” is a European word, he meant corruption itself in African culture is normal & OK, it is just Europeans who choose to make it a bad thing. At SAA, like everywhere else, they did it #TheAfricanWay. The truth is, wide scale corruption was revealed at SAA before the Zondo commission. It seems wherever there was a black man or woman in charge of anything, there was theft, fraud & corruption.
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Pravin Gordhan says cash-strapped SAA may have no money for salaries this month
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Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has warned that, while two unions at SAA are demanding salary increases for members, the airline might not even be able to pay any salaries at the end of the month. The minister was speaking at a Parliamentary briefing on Wednesday. The meeting was called for feedback on power..
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New white CEO of Eskom not welcomed with open arms – Numsa: ‘De Ruyter’s appointment as Eskom CEO an insult to Africans’
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The recent appointment of Andre de Ruyter to the position of Eskom CEO has been met with mixed emotions, particularly by trade unions and fervent supporters of the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) agenda. Although the African National Congress (ANC) has welcomed the appointment of de Ruyter, at a time when Eskom is teetering on the..
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SAA strike costing R52 million a day and with a bankruptcy record it could mean the end of the entity
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More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52 million a day. The interim chief financial officer of SAA Deon Fredericks, said the strike was pushing the struggling airline to unsustainable levels…
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Warning! SAA Strike will intensify – Talks between National carrier and striking unions collapse
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JOHANNESBURG – Talks between South African Airways (SAA) management and striking workers have collapsed. Union leaders briefed the media and workers after the parties met on Saturday in an attempt to resolve the strike which began on Friday. Workers are demanding an 8%wage increase while SAA is offering 5.9%. According to the National Union for..
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Death bells are ringing for SAA due to impending strike
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The impending strike at SAA by the SA Cabin Staff Association and Numsa could mean the end of the airline. In the meantime, the Pilot Association announced that they supported the idea and that the state entity’s overall top management should be replaced. Furthermore, they threatened to act if a Chief Executive with no experience..
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‘Mother of all strikes’ ready to paralyze SAA as union hints at ‘total shutdown’ if national carrier cuts a fifth of staff
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Numsa and Sacca already have a strike certificate as they accuse management of threatening them with retrenchments and call for the SAA board to be scrapped. As if their financial dire straits and the plan that they would have to retrench about 900 people were not enough, the national carrier South African Airways (SAA) is..
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Trade union demands play a major role in extremely poor financial condition of the country
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The union, National Union of Metal Workers of SA (NUMSA), rejected the latest wage offer negotiated for its workers in the Motor Industry Bargaining Council. Numsa confirmed over the weekend that the offer was not accepted and reiterated that it will not accept compromises for it’s more than 300,000 workers in the industry. The union..
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Air travellers in SA – Bring your own food, union says, as strike threatens airport catering services
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Air travellers in South Africa have been warned to pack lunch boxes as there will be no food or catering services on several airlines as workers are expected to embark on a strike on Monday. This as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) warned on Sunday that there would be no food..
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Numsa gets salary agreement – more pay and perks but no productivity or fewer strikes
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The National Union for Metal Workers (Numsa), has negotiated less than 50% of its salary after months of talks to negotiate a 20% salary increase for its members. The union, which is the largest in South Africa, and which does little more for its members than negotiate new salaries on a regular basis, failed miserably..
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Motor industry may be crippled by imminent strikes – unreasonable demands from unions could lead to withdrawal of manufacturers from SA and job losses
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Strikes could soon paralyze car manufacturers in South Africa if an agreement is not reached with the trade union Numsa soon. The first round of talks failed, and a second attempt was envisaged, but the demands made by the union left a red light for the future of the industry. The first round of talks..
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Rothschilds the new Guptas? – Rothschild family accused of preying on South Africa’s state-owned enterprises
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South African unions have joined forces to take on the Rothschild family, which they have accused of being involved in attempts to ‘capture’ the country’s SOEs (State Owned Enterprises). According to the Citizen tabloid, the NUMSA (National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa) and the SACCA (South African Cabin Crew Association) released a joint statement,..
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Trade unions are threatening to stop all flights from SAA if their demands are not met
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The unions Numsa and the SA Cabin Crew Association demand that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SAA, Vuyani Jarana, be reinstated immediately in his post. This comes after Jarana announced that he had resigned. The two unions say they will stop all flights from SAA if this requirement is not met. According to them,..
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Numsa wants Gordhan’s head over extraordinarily high escalation costs at new failed power stations – according to Gordhan, power stations are “poorly designed and poorly erected”
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Trade union Numsa demanded that the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, be dismissed for the extraordinarily high escalation costs at the Medupi and Kusile power stations. The construction cost has doubled to almost R292 billion and both power stations are described as “poorly designed and poorly constructed” by Gordhan. Earlier, it was confirmed that..
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