South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the launch of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s war room but believes the parastatal missed an opportunity to assure its staff – women staff in particular – that it is concerned for their safety. Launching the war room last Thursday, Minister of Transport Fikile…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s maiden budget vote speech as presented in Parliament on Tuesday. The minister spoke extensively about his plans to address the challenges at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) including the appointment of a permanent board of control comprised of capable, educated,…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has identified three key priorities for Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to fix the country’s ailing transport system. Mabalula experienced the challenges commuters face on a daily basis in Cape Town on Tuesday. He was meant to travel by train to Langa, but due to a passenger-related incident at Nyanga Station he was…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is set to go on a national roadshow to consult its members at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) about the employer’s final salary increase offer. Labour unions at Prasa met with management late last week for the fourth and final round of negotiations after they…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) commends the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) for placing four senior executives on special leave and suspension. In a statement issued on Friday, the rail agency said the board of control had decided to act against employees implicated in allegations of improper, irregular, corrupt, fruitless…
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 calling on the management of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) put a plan a place to stem train collisions after at least three people died in a train crash this morning. More than 300 people were also injured when one commuter train collided…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union(Satawu) says shutting down the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) would put immeasurable pressure on the transport system and would result in the collapse of the economy. Last week, the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) served Prasa with a notice of intention to suspend its operating permit. Prasa approached the…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers UNION, SATAWU, says it has seen the VBS report. the report makes mentions that a group of SATAWU officials were paid a R1.5 million bribe late last year to facilitate a R1 billion deposit by the Prasa into VBS bank. Zanele Sabela, SATAWU spokesperson speaks to SABC News.
