More than 1 000 police officers would receive promotions in the new financial year and their salaries would be back-paid to 2013, acting national commissioner Lieutenant-General Kgomotso Phahlane said on Tuesday. He said this came after an agreement was reached with labour union Solidarity, after numerous court challenges around affirmative[…]
A group called Protect the Rohingya has called on South Africans to highlight the plight of the Rohingya by wearing black on Saturday 13th June. According to the UN, the Rohingya in Burma are one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic minorities. Human rights violations against the Rohingya have been[…]
Job security in South Africa fell in the last year, driven down by a sharp drop in the employee confidence index, Solidarity’s labour market report showed on Tuesday. The Solidarity-ETM South African Labour Market Index fell to 43.5 in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, from 44.6 in the last[…]
With the cut in the petrol price for the second time this year, many consumers are hoping for a drop in transport costs and food prices, but have been left disappointed. According to trade union Solidarity, while there is a connection between the fuel price and food prices, it does[…]
In a bid to assist with the countries crippling electricity crisis, trade union Solidarity has sought to implement a three step action plan that will assist Eskom with getting their system back up to standard. Eskom has come under severe criticism over the past few weeks after the reimplementation of[…]
Trade union Solidarity will approach the Labour Court on Friday to demand the arrests of National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega and Police Minister Nathi Nhleko. The union believes the police have not complied with a court order to redeploy whistleblower Colonel Kobus Roos in a similar position. “This comes after[…]
Trade union Solidarity has stated that the Majuba power station’s collapsed silo’s structural problems were brought to Eskom’s attention long ago. “Since January, Eskom has been aware of structural problems of the silo which collapsed at its Majuba power station the day before yesterday,” Solidarity said on Monday. “Solidarity blames[…]
Trade union Solidarity lodged a complaint with the United Nations on Tuesday against the South African government for allegedly not complying with a resolution regarding racism. “In it, the UN is requested to exhort the South African government about non-compliance with procedural requirements of the UN convention on… [the elimination[…]
Solidarity will take legal action if any of its members working at Telkom are fired, the trade Union said on Thursday. “Should some of our members be forcefully retrenched, we will attend to each case individually,” said spokesman Marius Croucamp. “Solidarity will therefore consider taking legal action if we find[…]
A crowd of epic proportion gathered outside Parliament on Wednesday in a solidarity march for Palestine. Capetonians from across the city, some people trekking as far as Johannesburg, draped themselves in red, green, black and white – the colours of the Palestinian flag. From afar it seemed as though the[…]
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