Unions demand no job cuts in billionaire’s take-over of Durban port

News24 reports that South Africa’s powerful labour unions could scupper plans to sell a stake in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container port and have it operated by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon’s International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI). The United National Transport Union and South African Transport and Allied Workers Union are demanding that ICTSI agree to […]

Staff refuse to work at clinic

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GroundUp reports that staff at Mabandla Clinic in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, are refusing to work at the facility because the fence was stolen on Wednesday night. Nurses at the clinic say they fear for their safety. The clinic serves about 500 patients daily. A nurse who did not want to be named told GroundUp: […]

Employment and Labour Minister & CCMA meeting with NUM and Impala Management on strike

Today, 09th January 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour, TW Nxesi and the Mr. Xolani Nduna, Acting Director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) met with National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). NUM was led by its President Daniel Balepile, World Federation of Trade Unions (WAFTU) led by its President Mzwandile Makwayiba […]