SATAWU Women’s Day Statement
09 August 2020 The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) honours the theoretical and practical leadership of all working class women and gender activists in their struggle to overthrow existing capitalist relations. Women’s (African in particular) resistance to gendered relations must be located in the history of colonialism. By so doing, we come…
NOBC Declaration
NOBC Declaration
Passing of Comrade Johnson Gamede
Revolutionary Greetings, It is with great sadness that we share the news that the union has lost one of its founding members, Comrade Johnson Gamede. Comrade Gamede was the former General Secretary of SARHWU (South African Railway and Harbour Workers Union). He subsequently played a pivotal role in the merger between SARHWU, BLATU (Black Transnet…
SATAWU Statement on PRASA Non-Payment of Provident Fund Contributions
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) notes with concern the friction between UNTU (United National Transport Union) and PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) within the public space. The events and/or conflict subsequently translated into a qualitative leap whereby a criminal case on fraud and theft was opened against the appointed…
South African Express Provisional Liquidation
Synoptical report on SAE provisional liquidation High Court judgment SAE reported having been put on provisional liquidation post the application filed by BRPs at High Court in Pretoria. Whilst this information has not been provided to the Union by BRPs, who for many times to remember always had some kind of attitudinal approach on meeting…
Towards a New South African Airways
A Proposal to the Department of Public Enterprises Drafted and Presented by SATAWU Problem Statement South African Airways (SAA) has for over a decade been retarded by failure to transition from a traditional state-owned enterprise (SOE) to one that is agile and adheres to optimum operating costs in a viciously competitive environment. Numerous attempts…
Covid 19 and the Necessity for Socio-Economic Reorganisation
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known as Lenin best describes the current social, economic, health and climate crisis as capitalism a “horror without end”. 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…