EWN writes that the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) has condemned the attacks at PUTCO depots in Mpumalanga and said the situation needed to be addressed urgently. A group of people stormed depots in the Nkangala District on Monday night and 51 buses were torched. A security guard was shot and wounded while […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
COSATU calls for haste in the absorption of Community Health Workers following NEHAWU’s court victory
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) calls on the Department of Health to speedily employ Community Health Workers (CHWs) on a permanent basis as per the recent Labour Court judgement. Last year, the Federation’s militant affiliate, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) approached the Labour Court seeking to overturn a […]
Limpopo villagers protest over “one-nurse clinic”
GroundUp reports that on Tuesday, residents of Valdezia near Elim blocked the D4 road between Elim and Malamulele. They were once again protesting against staff shortages at their neglected local clinic, which they say has been left with only one duty nurse. After the protest last month, frustration grew as more patients were turned away due to […]
Unemployed doctors in KZN stage sit-in at provincial health head office
TimesLive writes that a group of unemployed KwaZulu-Natal doctors staged a sit-in outside the provincial health department’s headquarters in Pietermaritzburg on Monday. The doctors, who recently completed their community service, planned to continue the demonstration overnight and “escalate” their protest if their demands were not met within seven days. Earlier, about 150 young doctors, dismayed […]
RNM, SAMWU working to end municipal strike
East Coast Radio reports that the South African Municipal Workers’ Union says there may be light at the end of the tunnel for Ray Nkonyeni Municipality which is in disarray. Union leaders and municipal officials are still in talks to resolve an impasse over job grading and back pay related to the process. Senior employees […]
Tau tries to avert 3500 job losses, meets with ArcelorMittal at WEF
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SABC News reports that Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says government has met with the Mittal family, the majority owners of ArcelorMittal. Tau says this happened on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The meeting forms part of government’s efforts to avert 3500 job losses at the company’s Newcastle and Vereniging […]
NUM, ANCYL call for halt in mining sector retrenchments
SABC News writes that the National Union of Mineworkers ( NUM) has called for the Minerals Council South Africa to halt the implementation of retrenchments in the sector. Young people from NUM and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) staged a job security demonstration outside the Minerals Council in Johannesburg. More than 40% of […]
Health workers bring Gqeberha hospital to a standstill
GroundUp reports that the staff at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have brought most activity and procedures at the facility to a standstill last week. Some nurses were on a go-slow strike while many others have been staging protesting outside the hospital, demanding their overtime pay. On Monday and Tuesday, workers gathered at the main […]
NEHAWU WELCOMES THE LABOUR COURT JUDGEMENT IN THE CASE OF COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORKERS
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the Labour Court Judgement setting-aside the Arbitration Award in the case of Community Healthcare Workers [CHW]. The matter was heard in the Labour Court at Braamfontein, Johannesburg on 29 October 2024 reviewing the arbitration award that ruled against our application to force the employer to […]
NUM Youth Structure to picket against retrenchments
The NUM Youth Structure and the ANC Youth League are scheduled to stage a picket outside the Minerals Council South Africa offices in Rosebank in firm opposition to the ongoing retrenchment of mineworkers and high youth unemployment in South Africa. The picket is planned to take place as follows:Date: Friday, 24th January 2025Time: 11h00Venue: Outside […]