Asanda Matlhare Tshifularo added that the availability of products remained stable and the petroleum industry engaged with the department of mineral resources. The SA Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia)’s operations resumed after last week’s unrest across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and parts of Mpumalanga. Picture: Neil McCartney The SA Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia)’s operations resumed after last week’s unrest across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and parts of Mpumalanga. Executive director of Sapia Avhapfani Tshifularo confirmed some operations were slowly getting back to normal after a number of retail service station sites were damaged and set alight. “While operations at some facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga were suspended for the safety of people and the protection of assets, deliveries have resumed with the impr
Numsa wins bid for fuel sector to strike
By Dieketseng Maleke
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THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) emerged victorious after the Essential Services Committee (ESC) of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration deemed the fuel sector a non-essential service. This means that the workers in the sector can strike.
Last year, the petroleum industry wanted to be declared an essential service. It made representations to the ESC. Trade unions at the time said the move to declare the workers as essential services prohibited employees from striking.
The fuel sector includes the production, transportation, and distribution of fuel.