South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) urges all road users to prioritise safety this Easter weekend. The weekend has hardly started but already at least 12 people have died in two horrific crashes in Limpopo and Kwa Zulu Natal. Five people died in a collision between a mini-bus taxi, a sedan and a…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the removal of Nathi Khena as CEO of Autopax, the state-owned company that operates Translux and City-to-City buses. On Monday the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) announced temporary changes to its leadership and management core in an effort to stabilise the organisation and improve…
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has finally promulgated the agreement signed by unions and employer associations in the National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry. The agreement was signed last September and will become effective as of 25 March 2019 to 28 February 2022. The agreement will see employees receive the following across…
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…
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) members at state-owned Autopax, the company that operates Translux and City to City buses, have gone on a wildcat strike. Workers are unhappy they were not paid for Sunday work this month and are out of pocket. The company unilaterally changed the method of payment for Sunday…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has won a victory for workers in time for Christmas. The 41 workers were dismissed from Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 at Transnet Port Terminals in 2016, for having taken part in a work stoppage. SATAWU took the matter to the Transnet Bargaining Council and won the…
