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/ 25 January 2005
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa on Tuesday declared a dispute at the Volkswagen South Africa manufacturing plant in Uitenhage over an incentive scheme and what it calls unilateral outsourcing of the packing department at the parts-distribution division at Roodekop in Gauteng.
The positive growth experienced by the South African vehicle market in 2004 is set to continue in 2005, McCarthy Motor Holdings chairperson Brand Pretorius said on Thursday. Pretorius expects the market to grow by approximately 11% this year. Annual new-vehicle sales have steadily increased over the past five years.
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/ 20 December 2004
Employment opportunities for matrics are looking considerably more favourable than they did last year, trade union Solidarity said in a statement on Monday. The findings of a study carried out by Solidarity show that about 60% of job hunters in 2005 should find employment within the next 12 months.
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/ 9 December 2004
Listed life assurer and financial-services group Metropolitan on Thursday announced that Gloria Tomatoe Serobe is standing down as chairperson in favour of Eric Molobi — executive chairperson of Kagiso Trust Investments — to afford Kagiso greater scope for active involvement in the group’s future development.
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/ 6 December 2004
The Arrive Alive campaign will not tolerate traffic offenders this coming holiday season — this is according to a statement by the Department of Transport issued on Monday. With schools countrywide closing for the December holidays, Arrive Alive is gearing itself up for the holiday rush.
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/ 15 November 2004
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) on Monday said it is disappointed at the lost opportunity of finding a lasting solution to the educator backlogs issue as a result of the stance taken by Minister of Education Naledi Pandor and Minister of Public Service and Administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
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/ 3 November 2004
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has warned that the marking of matric exams and the opening of schools in January next year will be adversely affected after declaring a dispute with the Department of Education on Wednesday. This followed a deadlock in Wednesday’s meeting of the Education Labour Relations Council.
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/ 3 November 2004
South African Airways (SAA) deputy chief executive Oyama Mabandla has resigned from his position. Mabandla said he will be pursuing his own business interests to take advantage of the economic tide that is sweeping the country as a result of the success of democracy.
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/ 21 October 2004
The board of listed passenger transport company Putco on Thursday said it is of the opinion that the offer by Hosken Consolidated Investment (HCI) to buy it out is defective. The company added that the offer does not comply with the Securities Regulation Code on Take-Overs and Mergers.
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/ 20 October 2004
Anglo American plc and its South African subsidiary Kumba Resources on Wednesday announced that Anglo Coal Australia and Kumba Australia have signed a heads of agreement that could lead to the development of a major coking coal mine in central Queensland, Australia.