Talks to end national bus strike to continue: Workers from almost 50 bus companies across the country have embarked on a strike, demanding a 9.5% salary increase in the first year and 9% hike in the second year. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Education Dept planning to remove all pit toilets from schools: Judge Gerrit Muller ordered the department to provide proper sanitation facilities at all the province’s government-run schools. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Section 27 criticises Michael Komape court ruling: On Monday, the court dismissed a R3 million claim to compensate the Komape family. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Motsoaledi confident SANDF intervention in Mahikeng will go long way: Since the arrival of the SANDF during the weekend, Motsoaledi says at least 24 babies have been delivered and dozens of patients assisted. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Eskom eyes small suppliers to tackle coal shortage: The utility insists it’s not at an emergency level yet, but it has been diverting excess supply to power stations that are running low. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Zuma sweetheart steps down from charity: The woman named as the future wife of former president Jacob Zuma has been forced to resign from her position at a women’s rights charity, the group has announced. ……
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Labour department to weigh in as bus strike continues: The nationwide bus strike is expected to continue on Tuesday, with Western Cape commuters facing additional travel delays due to long-awaited rain and possible localised flooding. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) sent a message of solidarity to bus drivers, amid hopes that intervention by the Department of Labour might finally tip the scales for a settlement. “We…
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Desperate Labour department bid to end bus strike as Metrorail battles: The Department of Labour will facilitate a meeting between the employers and unions representing thousands of workers in the bus industry in a bid to find a solution. Today’s meeting comes after negotiations between the five unions and employer organisations collapsed after the parties could not reach an agreement despite revising their demands and offers at the weekend. Unions wanted a 12% wage increase, while the employer offered an 8% increase…
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Patrols to prevent farmers from stealing water as dams drop faster: Authorities have pointed the finger at farmers being among the worst culprits in stealing water meant for the public. This as the Drakenstein Municipality indicated that it would assist the Department of Water and Sanitation in patrolling the Berg River. Images surfaced last week allegedly showing illegal pumping of Berg River water and the use of sandbags to redirect water meant for domestic and industrial use to private dams of local farmers. The department had released up to five million cubic metres of water from the Voëlvlei and Berg river dams to the Misverstand Dam last week to supply municipalities on the West Coast with water for domestic, industrial and agricultural use….
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Racist farmer drove over me, says EFF man: Kimberley – A Hartswater farmer, who allegedly chased and drove over an EFF member with his 4X4 bakkie in an apparent racial incident, has handed himself over to the police. The deputy secretary of the EFF in ward five in Hartswater, Shimmy Mosienyane, is expected to undergo surgery in the Kimberley Hospital on Thursday after his spinal cord was severed in the incident. The 63-year-old farmer handed himself over on Monday after the police launched a manhunt following the alleged incident that happened on Friday. Speaking from his hospital bed on Monday, Mosienyane said that he had been taking part in the service delivery protests in Hartswater when the police started dispersing community…
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