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/ 6 November 2006
A survey has revealed that 14 television and radio programmes and four print media campaigns to raise Aids awareness have had a ”very profound” effect on people’s attitude and behaviour. The survey questioned more than 8 000 people across South Africa between the ages of 15 and 65.
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/ 1 November 2006
Two competitors of South African Airways’ new low-cost airline are reducing their
fares in reaction to Mango’s cheap offers. ”We’re obviously going to play their game during the launch,” said 1Time airline’s marketing director, Rodney James, on Tuesday.
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/ 13 September 2006
African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday called for the tripartite alliance to be strengthened to ensure that workers’ interests received greater attention. ”If are we are serious about developing the African National Congress and parliamentary oversight then a lot more energy and focus has to go into the tripartite alliance,” he said.
A strike by security guards from the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) will continue, the union warned on Friday. ”Satawu is not prepared to call off the strike. We are prepared to suspend the strike if the employers return to the negotiating table,” Satawu general secretary Randall Howard told a press briefing.
An application by employers to have the strike by security guards belonging to the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) declared illegal was dismissed with costs in the Johannesburg Labour Court on Thursday. Judge President R Zondo said the employers’ case was based entirely on an argument that Satawu agreed to waive its majority status during wage talks.
About 500 striking security guards were arrested in Durban on Friday after they ransacked the Department of Labour’s offices, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ”They invaded the building and caused damage to property, furniture, motor vehicles and computers,” Inspector Michael Read said.
The union representing striking security guards and their employers need to resolve their wage dispute without the Minister of Labour’s intervention, he said on Tuesday. Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said that both parties — and not himself — held the key to an amicable solution, he said in a statement sent from Cairo, where he was attending a labour summit.
Trade unions confirmed on Friday that Transnet’s sale of Metrorail has been delayed by a month, averting a threatened four-day nationwide strike next week by workers. Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin on Thursday helped the unions to persuade Transnet to delay the move.
Transnet labour unions will proceed with ”unprecedented” strike action on Monday, which could see more than 50Â 000 workers staying away. South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union secretary general Randall Howard said the union hopes to delay the date of Metrorail workers’ transfer to Transnet.
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/ 31 January 2006
Transnet workers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State ended their second day of strikes on Tuesday with unions claiming success. ”No matter which way you try and spin it, there’s no doubt the strike has been effective,” the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union’s (Satawu) Randall Howard said.