Lerato Sithole* is proud of the job she does: getting Johannesburg’s commuters to work and back home again. But when she first started driving trains for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) she wasn’t prepared for the threats she would receive from commuters fed up with the country’s ailing rail system. Amid Transport…
Durban – Due to increased patrols and police visibility along the busy N3 trade route between Durban and Joburg, attacks on truck drivers have shifted to the N2. A truck driver was fatally shot and his truck was set alight on the N2 between Murchison and Paddock, on the KZN south coast on Monday. Zimbabwean…
Employees of North West Transport Investment (NTI), a provincial government owned transport service, marched to the Department of Transport in central Pretoria on Monday morning. The employees are members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU). They are demanding that Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula abandon his plans to get rid of…
Members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union known as SATAWU at North West Transport Investment, the NTI, are marching to the Department of Transport in Pretoria this morning to demonstrate over what they call “their displeasure” at statements allegedly made by Minister Fikile Mbalula. The NTI bus service is contesting the transport…
SA’s controversial Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Bill and its stinging demerit system – signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa this week – is the beginning of stringent road laws. “This is definitely the way to go and is not the end,” transport minister Fikile Mbalula told the Sunday Times yesterday. He…
Members of the SATAWU Welkom Local are set to march to the Matjhabeng Local Municipality today to demand that their employers be paid for services rendered. The members work for three companies – Man in One Security, MBV Security and Scheme Security – who the municipality owes millions for services already rendered. As a result…
SATAWU Deputy General Secretary Anele Kiet appeared on SABC Fullview, to discusses the findings of the forensic report that uncovered R65 million meant for orphans of deceased mine workers, was laundered through the union’s investment arm, Bashumi. Click here for more on this story.
SAFM Sunrise presenter Stephen Grootes hosted a mediated conversation on whether SAA should be privatised. Guests included Leon Louw, Executive Director for the Free Market Foundation; Zanele Sabela – Spokesperson for the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) and Thabang Motsohi – Organisational Strategist and Author. Content hosted by iono.fm
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union says it is disappointed at South African Airways CEO Vuyani Jarana’s resignation. Jarana cited a lack of support for the ailing airline’s turnaround strategy and uncertainty about funding as reasons for his resignation. Satawu spokesperson Zanele Sabela said Jarana had a plan for taking the airline forward. “There were…
