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SATAWU Calls on Mbalula to Act against Criminal Taxi Operators as Driver is Shot

No commentsNovember 18, 2019Zanele Sabela

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is calling on Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula and law enforcement authorities to act decisively against taxi operators implicated in attacks on Autopax buses, after a driver was shot and scores of passengers injured. Yesterday at about 8pm, a City to City driver was shot at four times…

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SATAWU to March on Royal Thai Embassy

No commentsNovember 6, 2019Zanele Sabela

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…

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Farewell Comrade Tabudi Abner ‘Mthaka’ Ramakgolo

No commentsNovember 4, 2019Zanele Sabela

SATAWU’s National Sector Coordinator for Road Freight Tabudi Abner Ramakgolo was laid to rest in Mankwe, Limpopo on 2 November. Ramakgolo passed on 22 October after having been ill. His SATAWU comrades came a long way to bid him farewell. Among those who were present was his life-long mentor and friend Kwa-Zulu Natal Acting Secretary,…

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Autopax Moves to Address Attacks on Buses

No commentsOctober 2, 2019Zanele Sabela

Autopax held a meeting with workers, unions and management on Monday to discuss the recent attacks on their buses. The meeting followed a tumultuous week during which workers embarked on a wildcat strike citing safety concerns after gunmen assaulted a driver and a woman sales consultant at Kokstad Station, KwaZulu-Natal on 22 September. The gunmen…

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SATAWU Calls for Swift Action after Two Bus Drivers are Shot

No commentsSeptember 9, 2019Zanele Sabela

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is calling for swift action from authorities after two Autopax drivers were shot at in Ixopo last night.   The two Translux drivers were headed to Johannesburg from the Eastern Cape in separate buses with each carrying 56 passengers when they were shot at. One driver died…

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Moves Afoot to End Week-long Strike

No commentsSeptember 4, 2019Zanele Sabela

Negotiations to end the week-long strike by South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) members at Bakwena Weighbridges are set to continue today. SATAWU members at the Bapong Weighbridge on the N4 and the Mantsole Weighbridge on the N1 downed tools last week citing dissatisfaction with their pay and benefits. Bakwena manages the weighbridges…

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LISTEN: We are not part of the trucks strike

No commentsSeptember 2, 2019Zanele Sabela

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WATCH: SATAWU Distances Itself from National Truck Strike

No commentsSeptember 2, 2019Zanele Sabela

  The South African Transport Workers Union is distancing itself from the planned truck industry strike. News of a nationwide strike in the sector has been widely circulated.

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SATAWU Distances Itself from National Truck Strike

2 commentsAugust 30, 2019Zanele Sabela

South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) distances itself from the planned strike in the trucking industry on September 1 and 2. News of a nationwide strike in the industry has been widely circulated. However, SATAWU does not know the origins of the call for the strike because none of the legitimate unions within…

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Trucker violence moves to N2

No commentsAugust 21, 2019Zanele Sabela

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…

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