Friday 23 April 2021 - 8:27pm
Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu.
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JOHANNESBURG - Public sector wage negations resume on Friday, with labour unions asking for an above seven percent increase.
Government negotiators are expected to respond to union demands with a revised offer.
But so far the government has remained firm in its decision to freeze salaries for South Africa’s 1.3-million public servants in the 2021/22 financial year.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union has threatened to down tools if their demands are not met.
They say they will fight to get public servants their salary increases. But the government says it simply doesn t have the money.
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Labour unions declare wage dispute with Transnet
By Reuters
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Two unions declared a dispute with Transnet on Thursday after wage talks broke down, and warned of possible strike action if the state-owned freight logistics firm failed to present a better offer.
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) baulked at Transnet s offer of a 3% wage hike - a figure they described in a joint statement as so bad that organised labour can’t even present it to their constituents to obtain a revised mandate.
Transnet, which operates major ports and a huge railway network that transports minerals and other commodities for export, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Funding sufficient for Transnet HQ relocation to Eastern Cape
By Mayibongwe Maqhina
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Cape Town - The state-owned freight utility Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has set aside âsufficient fundsâ for the relocation of the institutionâs headquarters in Gauteng and the satellite office in KwaZulu-Natal.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said this in response to parliamentary questions from DA MP Michele Clarke, who enquired about the total costs of moving Transnetâs head office from Johannesburg and Kwazulu-Natal to Port Elizabeth.
Clarke also wanted to know whether any consultation was done with the relevant sectors and staff in order to proceed with the move.
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