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.
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) has seen the report by Advocate Terry Motau into the circumstances that led to the demise of VBS Mutual Bank. Released today, the report details how the directors of the bank and their associates looted more than R2 billion from the bank’s coffers between 2015 and early…
South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) urges the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) to come up with a creative solution to prevent the total shutdown of the country’s commuter rail service. Prasa approached the High Court at the weekend in a bid to stop RSR…
Six hundred delegates of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) converged at the Midrand Conference Centre on 15 September, 2018 for its 4th Elective National Congress. The theme, discussion and direction of the National Congress was not only to elect new leaders but aimed to reclaim, renew and unite the organisation for…
Investigations are underway into the exact cause of YESTERDAY’s train collision that left over 100 people injured in Selby south of Johannesburg. Metrorail says a train travelling from Faraday towards New Canada collided head on with another train bound for Naledi in Soweto. All the injured were taken to various nearby hospitals. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke…
