The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Thursday denied that it has failed to respond to a request by the airports baggage handing company Equity Aviation Services to return to the negotiating table. Baggage handlers employed by Equity Aviation at two of the country’s major airports have been on strike for more than two months.
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/ 25 February 2004
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday called on other political parties to refrain from raising people’s hopes on job creation because of the upcoming elections on April 14. Manuel appealed to parties to be careful not to make job promises that they cannot fulfil.
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/ 23 February 2004
South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Monday expressed his disappointment that a two-month-old strike by baggage handlers involving the South African Transport Workers Union (Satawu) and Equity Aviation has still not been resolved.
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/ 19 February 2004
Department of Labour inspectors on Thursday recommended the prosecution of managers of listed retail group Mr Price’s store at the Boulders in Midrand after they denied inspectors access to documentation and prevented them from interviewing staff.
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/ 12 February 2004
About five thousand workers, covering seven shafts, at world number five gold miner Harmony’s mines in the Free State and Klerksdorp went on strike on Wednesday over wage increases. The National Union of Mineworkers said the strike began with the late night shift at 9pm.
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/ 12 February 2004
About 5 000 workers, covering seven shafts, at world number-five gold miner Harmony’s mines in the Free State and Klerksdorp went on strike on Wednesday over wage increases. The National Union of Mineworkers said the strike follows a lengthy process of wage negotiations that began as far back as October 23.
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/ 9 February 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa has never actively gone out across South Africa to establish whether there are companies that are suitable for a listing. But this is about to change. AltX announced on Monday that it would travel across the country to establish whether there are companies that are suitable.
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/ 4 February 2004
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday accused world number two gold miner AngloGold’s Tautona mine near Carletonville of being the latest contributor to what it called the company’s "mines of death". This comes after two mineworkers died in an accident related to a mine elevator on Wednesday morning.
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/ 3 February 2004
The Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill of 2003 and its successor were deliberated in the parliamentary committee on transport from November 19 to October 3. Minister of Transport Dullah Omar said deliberations in the committee were useful and that it should proceed with aspects of the Bill that are not contentious.
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/ 28 January 2004
South African Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana on Wednesday called on the country’s employers to open their doors to young prospective employees for learnership programmes. If one employer can take one learner for training, about 200Â 000 young people will be in learnership programmes, the minister said.