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๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐”๐Œ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ- ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Š๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐’๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ณ๐ข

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) mourns the passing away of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) General Secretary-Comrade Kolekile David Sipunzi-on 25 December 2020. We further extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and his working-class constituency. Exploited at the point of production at Harmony, on one hand, and oppressed…

๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) notes with disappointment the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by the Minister of Finance (Tito Mboweni) on 28 October 2020. The proposed market prescriptions aimed at mitigating the economic and social crisis will fail to bring lasting solutions to the working-class. Though the economy is…

COSATU Section 77 National Strike

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๐’๐€๐“๐€๐–๐” ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐๐“ (๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ) ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) expresses concern regarding the inhumane conditions subjected to all Transnet workers located at the Port of Ngqura. The union understands that violent taxi/transport-related episodes are beyond the control of management and staff. Conditions of this nature, however, demands that management and organised labour work tirelessly in…

SATAWU response to Media Questions

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1. Can SAA be rescued? What are your plans for the SAA? The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is unequivocal on the fact that South African Airways (SAA) can be saved. On 23 April 2020, the union issued a statement clarifying that the problem with SAA and other struggling SOEs (State Owned…

Covid 19 and the Necessity for Socio-Economic Reorganisation

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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as Lenin best describes the current social, economic, health and climate crisis as capitalism a โ€œhorror without endโ€. The Corona virus has accelerated, intensified and exposed class antagonisms associated with the capitalist mode of production. General productive activities, labour relations, the mobility of people and goods have been halted with…

SATAWU Celebrates As Its Leaders Are Sworn In

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South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is ululating as two of our own take their place within the National Council of Provinces and the North West Legislature. SATAWU former Deputy President, Robert Mashego, is set to be sworn in as Member of NCOP today while former North West Provincial Secretary, Job Dliso, was…

SATAWU Sends Condolences to Ethiopian Airlines Trade Union

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), an affiliate of the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), has sent its heartfelt condolences to its sister union, the Ethiopian Airlines Basic Trade Union, following the death of 149 passengers and eight crew members in a…

A Brief History of SATAWU on its 18th Anniversary

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Eighteen years, on 18 โ€“ 20 May 2000, SATAWUโ€™s historic inaugral National Congress took place under the banner of COSATU, giving birth to a giant trade union to be a home for all transport, cleaning & security workers in South Africa with a paid up membership of 103ย 000. The historic merger was implemented in terms…

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