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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Wage strike: Post Office and Telkom workers embark on national shut down
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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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Cyril Ramaphosa’s First Quarter Economy Contracts and Performs Worse Than All of Zuma’s!
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South Africa’s national statistical service has revealed the worst quarterly contraction of country’s economy in nearly a decade after Cyril Ramaphosa ousted Jacob Zuma from leadership, yet it appears he has not been able to do much better, quite opposite in fact.
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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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Cyril Ramaphosa to ‘lend a hand’ in Mahikeng
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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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“Voetsek Cyril Ramaphosa voetsek!” – Saftu threatens to make South-Africa ‘ungovernable’
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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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NEHAWU to remain on water strike until demands are met
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JOHANNESBURG – With fears of a shortage of running water in taps across the country due to a nationwide strike in the sector, National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says that its work stoppage will remain indefinite until all its demands are met.
Taylks between the Water and Sanitation Department and the union deadlocked on Thursday
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METRO POLICE ON HIGH ALERT FOR NATIONAL SHUTDOWN
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The #ZumaMustGo group has threatend with a national shutdown a day after their march to ANC headcourters Lethuli House on Monday
Durban – The Metro Police are on high alert after a report of a national shutdown on Tuesday in an attempt to force President Jacob Zuma out of office.
The #ZumaMustGo group has threatened a national shutdown a day after their march to ANC headquarters Luthuli House on Monday.
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