SATAWU National Coordinator for Security Sector, Philemon Bhembe, talks National Minimum Wage Act, specifically for security officers. WATCH: SATAWU National Coordinator for Security Sector, Philemon Bhembe, addresses officers on the National Minimum Wage Act. Posted by Satawu- South African Transport & Allied Workers ' Union on Wednesday, 27 February 2019
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is shocked at news South African Airways (SAA) will be split into three separate business units. News agency Reuters and Business Day are reporting SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana as having said this morning that the national airline will be split into domestic, regional and international business units,…
SATAWU KwaZulu Natal acting Provincial Secretary, Thulani Dlamini, spoke to SABC News about the deteriorating safety standards at Durban Port after a vessel caught fire, killing six people.
The South African Transport and Allied Union (Satawu) says the level of safety and security is dropping in the country’s harbours. This comes after six people were killed and three critically injured when a fishing vessel caught fire at the Durban Harbour in Bayhead. The incident follows a crash involving a truck which killed a driver at the port…
The summary dismissal of 300 drivers by a Pretoria-based outsourcing company, who said the drivers all tested positive for cannabis, raised a lot of questions among fleet managers. The former drivers’s hero now turned zero, Arnoux Maré, managing director of Innovative Staffing Solutions, fired the 300 drivers when they allegedly tested positive for having cannabis…
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) on Friday hit out at finance minister Tito Mboweni for suggesting that the embattled state-owned airline SAA should be closed down. Speaking at an event with investors in New York on Thursday, Mboweni said he believed the loss-making national flag carrier should be closed down. “[It] is loss-making,…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union(Satawu) says shutting down the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) would put immeasurable pressure on the transport system and would result in the collapse of the economy. Last week, the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) served Prasa with a notice of intention to suspend its operating permit. Prasa approached the…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers UNION, SATAWU, says it has seen the VBS report. the report makes mentions that a group of SATAWU officials were paid a R1.5 million bribe late last year to facilitate a R1 billion deposit by the Prasa into VBS bank. Zanele Sabela, SATAWU spokesperson speaks to SABC News.
SATAWU members at Denel Aeronautics downed tools after they demanded a 15% wage increase. Management offered 4% and refused to negotiate further.
