Dirk Coetzeeâs chilling service to his country
By Shaun Smillie
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In Cradock, a red and white Volkswagen Kombi filled with union members came to a stop at a police roadblock. Back in 1981 such roadblocks were routine, but what the delegation of National Automobile and Allied Workers Union members didnât know as the police rummaged through their belongings was that there had been a tip-off.
That lead had come from their own, and it was part of a bizarre operation. Before the Kombi had left Gqeberha, then known as Port Elizabeth, to attend a congress in Harare, Zimbabwe, police security branch members had poured marijuana through air vents into the engine compartment. They had orders that the vehicle was not to make it to Harare. The plan was to phone ahead to a local police station, get the vehicle pulled over and get the occupants arrested for transporting a hallucinogenic. It didnât work out like that.
40th anniversary 1981 Bills: Essential Services
“A dagger deep into the throats of workers” Social Share
As the industrial climate in SVG worsened during the month of April 1981, rumours began to be circulated that the government was planning to introduce legislation to muzzle the trade union movement and to curtail the rights of workers to take industrial action in defence of their just demands.
The veteran leader of the Commercial Technical and Allied Workers Union (CTAWU), the late Bro. Cyril Roberts, himself warned of this probability in his May Day address. In less than a week it became clear that this was no idle allegation.
WC farmworkers air grievances with labour minister over UIF access Farmworkers from various parts of the province said that they were frustrated with the slow pace of processing and accessing of UIF benefits. Some said that they often waited as long as a year to receive funds. Farmworkers protest during a UIF Indaba in Worcester on 6 May 2021. Picture: Supplied
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CAPE TOWN - Farmworkers in the Western Cape are hoping their issues with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will be addressed soon.
Women on Farms Project hosted a UIF Indaba in Worcester on Thursday day with women from different parts of the province.
SAFTU supports DEMAWUSA strike at Metrobus
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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) supports the striking Johannesburg Metrobus workers belonging to one of our affiliates, the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (DEMAWUSA). The union is demanding that all Metrobus Services workers receive a wage increment, improved benefits and decent working conditions.
Cops to escort Metrobus drivers amid threats from striking workers
By Itumeleng Mafisa
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Johannesburg - Metrobus workers were expected back at work on Thursday after remaining at the depots on Wednesday and did not work following reports of intimidation on non-striking working drivers by those on strike.
Metrobus officials were locked in a meeting with police on Wednesday trying to come up with a safety plan that would ensure drivers are safe.
A spokesperson for Metrobus, Goodwill Shiburi said the buses would get back on the road today accompanied by police inside and behind the buses.
Metrobus had received several reports of threats and intimidating calls to workers.