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Gordhan condemns rate boycottsFinance Minister Pravin Gordhan has slammed ratepayer groups who refuse to pay their rates and place their money in trust accounts. Busa challenges Salga on metro taxBusiness Unity SA has asked to meet with the SA Local Government Association regarding a proposed tax on business to help raise additional funds. Cape Town strikers wreak havoc while JHB stays calmThe DA-run Western Cape has seen the worst of Samwu's strike violence while Gauteng has remained largely unscathed. We look at the tale of two cities. Double digits, nothing less, says SamwuStriking municipal workers will settle for nothing less than a double digit wage increase, the South Africa Municipal Workers' Union has said. Samwu plans to bring JHB to a standstillMunicipal workers will bring the Johannesburg city centre to a standstill this week, the South African Municipal Workers' Union has said. Strikes continue in mining, municipal sectorsSamwu and the NUM are continuing their strikes against their employers, leaving services, electricity supply and mining output in the lurch. Contingency plans ahead of municipal workers' strikeEkurhuleni metro police say municipal workers must be be disciplined during their upcoming strike. Union demands will cripple SA cities, say municipalitiesThe 18% pay rise demand of municipal workers is not affordable for municipalites, the South African Local Government Association have said. Salga: Municipal services back on track soonMunicipal services will be restored as soon as possible after a strike was resolved on Wednesday, the SA Local Government Association (Salga) says. Samwu, Salga meet over municipal strikeSamwu leaders will meet their employer, the SA Local Government Association (Salga), on Wednesday to try to resolve an ongoing national strike. Salga withdraws court bid to halt municipal strikeThe SA Local Government Association has withdrawn its Labour Court application to halt a nationwide strike by municipal workers. Thousands of municipal workers set to strikeUp to 60 000 workers aligned with Samwu will stage a nationwide strike following a failed application by their employer to halt the action. Deadlock at municipal wage talksNegotiations between municipal workers and their employers remain deadlocked, unions said on Thursday afternoon. Motlanthe warns municipalities about economic meltdownThe economic crisis has the potential to affect the revenue and tax base of municipalities, which may hamper delivery, Kgalema Motlanthe said. Eskom slammed at tariff hearingsMunicipalities are at risk whether Eskom's interim price increase of 34% was granted or not, the South African Local Government Association said. Call for action on R25bn power-maintenance backlogElectricity authorities on Monday called for action to deal with a R25-billion maintenance backlog that could further stifle economic growth. Municipal workers down tools in LimpopoMembers of the South African Municipal Workers' Union downed tools in Limpopo on Friday, the union said. Samwu said the protesters were gathering at SABC Park in Polokwane and would march to the offices of the provincial minister of local government later on Friday. Harassment rife at Joburg taxi ranksSexual harassment of women in miniskirts at Johannesburg taxi ranks has been occurring for at least eight years, the Gauteng community safety portfolio committee heard on Thursday. However, only one incident has been reported to the police. Did you send a tip to Trevor?Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, while delivering his national budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday, made a point of replying to a number of South Africans who had sent budgetary suggestions to him under the "Tips for Trevor" programme. Govt says it's on target to eradicate bucket toiletsThe government is committed to meeting its target of eradicating the bucket-toilet system in all formal settlements established before 1994, it said on Tuesday. To ensure this deadline was met an amount of R1,6-billion had been made available "to provide better and more acceptable sanitation for all". |
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