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27.2.2021 05:22 am
Protesters block entrances to licensing departments in Tshwane
Driving school instructors demand scrapping of system.
Many angry driving school instructors in parts of Gauteng took to the streets on Friday to demand the scrapping of the online booking system by shutting down operations at some licensing departments in the province.
Protests Uber Eats drivers awaiting response after stay-away protest
The drivers said that since students around Johannesburg hadn’t returned to campuses, they spent most of their time waiting for orders and not making actual deliveries.
Protests WATCH: Shops looted then set alight in Durban CBD
The shops targeted were owned by foreign nationals according to the police.
Protests Trucking union threatens national shutdown if memorandum is ignored
Mofokeng, from SANCATDRA, says that the increase in truck accidents was often linked to foreign truck drivers.
Protests Pastors march to Union Buildings to demand that church closures be lifted
MoAfrika Maila, the spokesperson for Pastors Against Church Closures, told ‘The Citizen’ they believed that the consultation process over the closure of churches had not been inclusive.
Protests Total blackout at SABC today as union workers down tools
CWU affiliated workers are forging ahead with a total blackout at the SABC following the march to the Union Buildings this week on the Section 189 process
Protests Numsa and Macsteel resolve ‘impasse’ over retrenched workers
Macsteel confirmed they had reached ‘a mutual consensus’ with Numsa late on Wednesday.
Protests Morale at an ‘all-time low’ as SABC staff march to Union Buildings
Many workers who have received Section 189 retrenchment notices ‘served the SABC with loyalty for years’, and have critical skills, said CWU general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala.
Food and Drink WATCH: No deliveries this Friday as Uber Eats drivers protest for fee increase
The drivers are demanding a pick up fee of R20 and then R6 per kilometre after the first two kilometres.
Protests Retrenched Macsteel workers will not be reinstated, says steel giant
Numsa labelled Macsteel a ‘cold and calculating employer’ for letting the workers go during the festive season last year, but Macsteel said retrenchment processes began in June, and that Numsa was informed.
Protests BEMAWU joins CWU in protest to Union Building over SABC retrenchments
Trade union BEMAWU says its members will join sister union CWU as they take to the streets over the ongoing retrenchment process at the SABC, since the public broadcaster does not want to conduct the process fairly.
Protests Numsa protesting nationwide to demand that ‘retrenched’ workers be reinstated
‘It is simply inhumane to retrench workers during a deadly pandemic, especially during Christmas, which is what this management did’, the trade union said.
Cricket Proteas forced to charter last-minute flight in dash to Pakistan
A team spokesperson confirmed on Sunday that Cricket South Africa had to make urgent late arrangements after an announcement from Emirates Airlines.
Protests A protected strike is SABC staff’s ‘only defence’ as layoffs loom, says Bemawu
‘We were quite sad to receive a letter a few days ago where the SABC basically said, employees do not have any right in terms of the extended consultation process.
Protests Zikalala slams KwaSizabantu protest which resulted in 48 infections
Zikalala said the province was prepared for the second wave and had cancelled all major events as a precaution.