Union leaders at state-owned South African freight logistics group Transnet said they planned to pursue a strike after their members rejected a 4 percent across-the-board wage hike offer.
Karpowership-SAâs plan to generate electricity slowed down following complaint
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Johannesburg - As load shedding soars, independent power producer Karpowership-SAâs plan to generate electricity has been slowed down following a complaint by a local campaign group.
The environmental impact assessment of Karpowership-SAâs proposed project in Saldanha Bay will be reopened after The Green Connection advocacy group laid a complaint with the Department for Forestry, Fishing and Environment.
The department has halted the companyâs environmental impact assessment (EIA) until an investigation had been conducted.
Karpowership-SA said it was confident the issues would be swiftly resolved. Company spokesperson Kay Sexwale said: âWe have already engaged on many of the environmental concerns that have been raised and we look forward to a continued discussion of our plans.
Strike looms at Ingonyama Trust Board
9 Jun 2021
Nehawu provincial secretary Andile Zulu said the ITB had refused to recognise the union despite more than 70% of the workforce having signed up as members. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
Employees at the Ingonyama Trust Board staged a series of lunchtime pickets this week and are preparing to go on strike over alleged unfair labour practices at the ITB and its refusal to recognise the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu).
The first placard protest was held on Monday at the ITB’s headquarters in Pietermaritzburg. The board administers almost three million hectares of rural KwaZulu-Natal on behalf of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.