President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken his own call to “lend a hand” and “send me” by convening an urgent meeting on Friday over protests in Mahikeng.
On Thursday evening, he announced he was cutting his visit to the UK short to intervene, bringing to mind the Hugh Masekela song he quoted during his inaugural State of the Nation Address earlier this year.
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The South African Federation of Trade Unions will celebrate its one-year anniversary by “making South African ungovernable” unless the state scraps the national minimum wage in its current format and introduces fair labour laws.
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Student nurses at the college are protesting over the non-delivery of books.
Striking student nurses at the Ann Latsky Nursing College in Johannesburg are holding staff hostage. This as the student nurses at the college are protesting over the non-delivery of books four months into the academic year.
They are “demanding answers from management” before they can let anyone go home
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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will march to Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday to protest against the proposed national minimum wage and water issues in the province.
The federation has dismissed the proposed R20 an hour or R3 500 a month minimum wage as “entrenchment of the apartheid wage structure
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Cape Town – Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) and transport unions have warned of a looming national bus strike.
The warning follows a deadlock in annual wage negotiations, between the employers association and five transport unions: SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) , Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA (Tawusa), Transport and Omnibus Workers’ Union (Towu), National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Tirisano Transport Workers Union (Taswu).
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Durban- Motorists had to seek alternative routes after Link Road in Shallcross remained closed on Monday following violent protests by residents of the Bottlebrush Informal Settlement.
Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad, Durban Metro police spokesperson, said the situation was tense and for the safety of the public and motorists the road had to be closed
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The dispute between the passenger rail agency (Prasa) and its workers union is heading to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Last week the train operator and union Untu declared a dispute after the agency refused to increase its 7.3 percent wage offer and rule out retrenchments.
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Protesting workers, Pick n Pay have not reached an agreement yet
The protest at Pick n Pay’s Distribution centre in Longmeadow continues this morning as the parties failed to reach an agreement last night.
The protest at Pick n Pay’s Distribution centre in Longmeadow continues this morning as the parties failed to reach an agreement last night
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The doctors at Malamulele Hospital in Limpopo downed their tools on Tuesday in protest for proper working conditions.
Demands include the reinstatement of sectional doctors, water in the hospital, X-ray machines and an apology from the MEC of Health in Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, regarding a statement she made on a radio station
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Shoprite employees nationwide have embarked on a two-day protest to demand better working hours, permanent jobs and late-night transport.
Small groups of staff protested outside their respective supermarkets on Wednesday and Thursday to voice their frustrations
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CAPE TOWN – A group of protesting Imizamo Yethu residents is demanding basic services.
The residents have been at loggerheads with the City of Cape Town since last year when a fire devastated the area
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Red Ant security personnel were called in on Friday to dismantle illegal structures and evict people who had occupied land. A group of about 200 people from Zwelihle had protested outside the municipal offices‚ vowing not to be evicted. Municipal manager Coenie Groenewald said the land occupation was illegal.
Hermanus Community Policing Forum spokesperson Caroline Gabb said on Monday: “The situation is Zwelihle is tense. Residents are being intimidated and prevented from going to work. Taxis aren’t operating
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This follows an incident where 80% of the students were allegedly hospitalised because of food poisoning.
The students of Mpumalanga College of Nursing are on strike, demanding that the department of health appoint a new food service provider for the campus, Mpumalanga News reports
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CAPE TOWN – George municipal officials are meeting with disgruntled residents from Thembalethu to find a resolution following a flare-up in protests.
Protesters had marched to the municipal offices earlier this week to hand over a memorandum of grievances
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Numsa is unhappy over changes made to the labour law saying it will severely limit workers’ right to strike.
The union’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the right to strike is enshrined in the Constitution
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