The board of state-owned SA Express has appointed Siza Mzimela, a former CEO of South African Airways, as the struggling airline’s new acting CEO. All but two of the airline’s aircraft remain grounded. Current acting SA Express CEO Matsietsi Mokholo will be taking up a new position in the Presidency. Mokholo will hand over to…
National spokesperson at South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu), Zanele Sabela, says bus companies are trying to escape a wage agreement. This follows an application by five bus companies to be exempted from a recently signed bus sector wage agreement, citing financial difficulties. Sabela says they had a hearing with Putco and other…
Five bus companies, including Golden Arrow and Putco, have applied to be excluded from complying with the recently signed bus sector wage agreement, a move that could result in labour unrest. They have cited financial difficulties, angering labour, with the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) saying the move undermines collective bargaining. Labour…
JOHANNESBURG – A number of bus companies have made a U-turn on the agreed-upon salary increase for its employees, saying they can’t afford it. A near month-long national bus strike earlier this year severely impacted on commuters but ended when a 2-year wage agreement was reached. However, a number of bus companies have now said they can’t afford the increases…
Protest action and a blockade closed two major national routes – the N3 toll route between Durban and Johannesburg at Van Reenen’s pass, and the N2 in the Southern Cape on Wednesday. It is suspected that the blockade was caused by truck drivers, apparently protesting against the employment of foreign drivers. The protest action in…
Commuters board taxis during the nationwide bus strike in April 17 in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga. (Gallo Images, Thulani Mbele) Government is investigating whether public transport and education should be considered essential services. This would effectively bar bus drivers and teachers from striking in future. But the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), with over…
Cash-in-transit guards complain about victimisation by employers and lack of counselling – and this is if they make it out alive from a heist.
Prasa Former eThekwini Municipal City Manager Sibusiso Sithole has been appointed Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) Group CEO. Sithole replaces Cromet Molepo who had been acting in the role since last December. Sithole has been given a year to turn the rail agency around as his contract expires in 12 months effective as of…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) says the nationwide bus strike has been effective. The union plans to engage employers tomorrow. SATAWU’s Zanele Sabela joins News Night’s Cathy Mohlahlana in studio. Courtesy DStv403
Abusive commuters, name-calling, being touched inappropriately. The horror stories that train drivers have been relating lately highlight the difference between train systems in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic hub. None of these stories were related by drivers of the Gautrains, which cater for the affluent. These drivers work for Metrorail, which is for the poor. The…
