The strike by South African Post Office workers over wages entered a second week on Friday. Post offices in Pietermaritzburg were closed. Workers are demanding a 12% increase. “Currently the employer has offered 6.5%,” said the provincial secretary of the Communication Workers Union, Thami Mzileni. Mzileni said on Friday morning workers received a court interdict..
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SASSA beneficiaries struggle as post office strike continues
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Wage strike: Post Office and Telkom workers embark on national shut down
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Do not expect any mail from the Post Office anytime soon. Oh, and Telkom users, we aren’t sure what will happen with your service. The Post Office has advised beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to withdraw funds at ATMs as workers have announced that they, along with Telkom employees, are embarking..
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Solidarity set for Sasol strike after white employees excluded in empowerment scheme
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A Sasol strike looks to be on the cards as trade union Solidarity demands action over white people not being included. Sasol has recently launched a new empowerment program that will not include all employees.
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STRIKE:- Sassa will ‘cripple’ operations – PSA
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The Public Servants Association (PSA) says it will shut down South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices on Monday, after Minister of Social Development Susan Shabangu failed to consider the union’s demands.
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Nothing new – South Africa enters another week of chaos
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The chaos in the country continues unabated by the so called protest acts, which just degrade into violence and destruction. In Northern Natal two trucks were stopped, goods stolen and subsequently burned with the result that the N2 highway had to be closed. Passenger cars were attacked with stones, but the police were not available..
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Meyerton chaos, R59 blocked, truck hijacked, motorists stoned
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Police had to use rubber bullets to disperse protesters on the R59 in Meyerton.
This follows after they blocked the road with the usual burning tires and threw stones at innocent motorists.
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Four schools torched in a week: It’s a disgrace! – Hundreds of children will be affected by the vandalism
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The loss of four schools to arson in a week carries a cost of as much as R160-million if government needs to rebuild them. The human cost is to the hundreds of children affected by the vandalism. Yet the culprits evade repercussions.
The Department of Basic Education – which is affected by budget cuts – is outraged at this state of affairs.
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Havoc at Riebeeck Kasteel after protesters is causing chaos in town
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The Swartland Municipality says protesters have damaged a wine cellar, shops and private homes at Riebeeck West and Riebeeck Kasteel.
Municipal Manager, Joggie Scholtz, says several people have been arrested and the situation remains tense:
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Act of stupidity: Protesters torched two schools in Mpumalanga – What about your kids education?
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Two schools were set alight in Mpumalanga on Friday, just three days after another school was burned in the North West.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Basic Education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga alleged that protesters unhappy with by-election burned the two schools on Friday.
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Public service workers to strike
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Public service workers plan to put down their pens and wheelbarrows and stop work on Monday, June 11th.
This after wage negotiations failed.
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Chaos strikes again at Steve Biko hospital
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Protesters became violent on Wednesday afternoon at Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria.
Gauteng police spokesperson, Captain Kay Makhubela said a group of protesters, who were supposed to be former security company employees, arrived at the Steve Biko Hospital.
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SAPS Do Not Have Control Over The Current National Situation.
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There are some misperceptions about my post that the SAPS don’t have control over the current national situation.
Firstly, this is not a criticism of the officers at the coalface: it is merely a statement of fact. The SAPS have never been in any position to protect individual citizens. And this was never expected of them.
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Port St Johns municipal workers end seven-month strike
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Municipal workers returned to work in Port St Johns on Monday after an on-off strike which has lasted seven months, leaving the town strewn with garbage.
Municipal workers had been on an intermittent strike since last year, demanding the dismissal of the municipal manager and the implementation of wage promises they say were not kept. According to South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) spokesperson Andile Bara the problems started in 2013 when seven SAMWU shop stewards were fired after a strike over wages.
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Minimum wage is an insult – Workers Will Occupy Major Cities Until Government Listens
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Thousands of workers marched through JHB on Wednesday afternoon. Protesters say the working labour force simply can’t accept the minimum wage.
South African Federation of Trade Union (Saftu)’s Zwelinzima Vavi says workers will occupy major cities across South Africa if government refuses to listen to their objections to the proposed labour laws.
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The nationwide bus strike will enter its sixth day on Monday
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Parties failed to reach a wage agreement during a two-day meeting with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Workers initially demanded a 12% increase and employers offered 7%. The workers have since rejected an offer of 8% for the first year, and 8.5% in the second year, instead proposing a 9.5% increase in the first year and 9% for the second.
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