Government recently released a draft of new picketing rules for public comment. These new rules, alongside the 2017 amendments to the Labour Relations Act are intended to change the process through which trade unions can embark on protected strike action.
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Stricter action is expected, but why will changes to the picketing rules in South Africa pose a threat to strikes
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Over indebt consumers will now have to fork out even more for electricity – Cash strapped Eskom applies for 15% tariff increase
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Eskom has asked the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) for a 15% tariff increase for the next three years, beginning 2019-2020, the utility announced on Friday. While Nersa, which will hold public hearings and evaluate the application, seldom grants Eskom its full request, Eskom’s application indicates that double-digit electricity increases will very likely continue..
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Looking at 10 Years of fuel prices compared and the reasons for the price rises
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South African motorists and taxi operators are buckling under the strain of record high fuel prices.
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The City of Cape Town seeks urgent interdict after MyCiti staff attacked, Buses stoned
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The city says the Economic Freedom Fighters is behind the industrial action which turned violent on Wednesday.
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The Rand is firm for now, but Moody’s delays ratings move!
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The rand strengthened further on Monday after Moody’s Investors Service held off on its ratings review of South Africa on Friday.
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Chaos at Sars IT, the overhaul will cost R1bn to fix, but it is now on hold!
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A global advisory firm’s overhaul of the South African Revenue Service’s (Sars) modernisation and digitisation programme was not worth the hundreds of millions spent, according to Sars officials testifying before the Nugent Inquiry.
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ANC won’t demand more resignations after Nene quits – Jessie Duarte
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Ministers should decide for themselves if they will resign after appearing before the commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture. They should, however, apply a test of whether they are complicit in corruption says the ANC.
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A waste of money:- Should ex-offenders in South Africa get a resettlement grant?
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The grant proposal by the Department of Correctional Services is an innovative idea and should be taken seriously.
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Facts to know on what is the “Great VBS Bank Heist” all about?
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Advocate Terry Motau has released his report into what might be the biggest banking scandal ever to be uncovered in South Africa.
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All they know is how to spend money:- Auditor General: Irregular spend at ‘all-time high’
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Auditor General Kimi Makwetu has lamented poor financial controls in the public sector that lead to irregular expenditure, saying the scourge has reached an “all-time high”.
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King Goodwill Zwelithini (the Zulu King) asks AfriForum for help to fight land expropriation
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King Goodwill Zwelithini is planning to join forces with Afrikaner supremacist group AfriForum in an effort to oppose land expropriation without compensation.
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Shocking News: Eskom tariff hike: Here’s how much it costs to use your household appliances
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We’ve crunched a few numbers based on averages, and whichever way Eskom want to spin it, life is going to get tougher for consumers.
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Be careful:- Sleeping passengers ‘robbed’ in mid-air on SAA flight
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Passengers aboard an SAA flight were allegedly robbed in mid-air of cash and jewellery as they slept on a flight between Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
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Further fuel price rises expected due to the Rand that weakens sharply
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The rand was a lot weaker on Thursday morning‚ raising the prospect of yet another increase in fuel prices‚ which have been a political hot potato ahead of the general elections in 2019.
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Alleged ‘Dros rapist’ appears in court and protests expected
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Mass protest action is expected in Tshwane on Tuesday as the man accused of raping a six-year-old girl at a Pretoria franchise of the family restaurant chain Dros will appear in the Pretoria magistrate’s court.
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