South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the appointment of Portia Derby as Group Chief Executive of Transnet. Derby’s appointment was recommended by the Transnet Board and supported by Cabinet after a rigorous selection process. She brings with her extensive experience having worked at the Department of Public Enterprises as Director General during…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) will on 7 November, march on the Royal Thai Embassy in Pretoria, in solidarity with the State Enterprise Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC). SATAWU will deliver a letter for the attention of Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, calling on him to drop charges against 13 leaders of…
SA’s embattled economy could be hurt further when activity in the country’s busiest ports grinds to a halt with a planned protest by members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) on Thursday. The union warned on Tuesday that it would embark on a total shutdown of the country’s ports over salary discrepancies…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) members at Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) are set to down tools at 6am on Thursday, 30 May, in a strike that will see a total shutdown of the country’s ports. SATAWU served the strike notice to TNPA on Monday morning after the Transnet Bargaining Council issued…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is aghast that state-owned companies Transnet and Autopax are preventing workers from voting in tomorrow’s national election. Starting yesterday morning, Transnet has released a flurry of letters all aimed at intimating workers from exercising their constitutional right. Reporting for work yesterday morning, workers at Transnet Freight Rail…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) fully supports the COSATU-led strike against job losses. Its leaders will be in various provinces on Wednesday to demonstrate. SATAWU President Ntuthuzelo Mhlubulwana will be in the Eastern Cape where marches in Nelson Mandela Metro, Queenstown, Mthatha and King Williamstown are set to start at 9am. General…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is horror-struck that the board of Transnet has defied a Labour Court order and fired Group CEO Siyabonga Gama. Yesterday the board notified Gama that his contract of employment was terminated via a letter. This is despite the Labour Court having ordered on Friday that the case…
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…
SATAWU has signed a one-year wage agreement with Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Following months of negotiation the parties finally reached a settlement of 8% across the board on total guaranteed package effective as of 1 April, 2018 to 30 March, 2019. SATAWU inked the deal on coming back from a nationwide roadshow…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) signed a wage agreement at the Transnet Bargaining Council today. SATAWU held its ground and convinced management to up its offer to 7.1% across the board (ATB) for each of the three years of the agreement. Management had initially offered ATB of 6.5% for Year 1, 7.5%…
