The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] in the Eastern Cape notes the arrests at the University of Fort Hare that happened over the Easter Weekend involving the officials and service providers of the institution. As NEHAWU, we welcome the ongoing investigations and the recent breakthrough in terms of the arrests of the 15 individuals […]
Category: Affiliates Statement
SAMWU RESPONSE TO XOLANI TSELETSELE, YCLSA NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER AND KOPANONG MAYOR.
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has noted with concern an article authored by Xolani Tseletsele, a National Committee Member of the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) and Mayor of the Kopanong Local Municipality in the Free State. The article, titled “A Caricature of the Captured Trade Unions with Haemorrhaging Tongues – […]
SAMWU DEMANDS IMMEDIATE DISSOLUTION OF KOPANONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) calls for the dissolution of Kopanong Local Municipality in the Free State province under Section 139(1)(c) and (5)(b) of the South African Constitution. The Municipality’s persistent financial turmoil and failure to deliver essential services warrant urgent intervention to protect the welfare of the community. The dire state of […]
SADTU DISTANCES ITSELF FROM SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT LINK IT TO IFP PREMIER CANDIDATE IN KWAZULU NATAL
19 February 2024 The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) is disturbed by social media posts that claim SADTU’s support of IFP’s Premier Candidate in KwaZulu Natal, Mr AT Ntuli. Last week, we denounced as fake a poster with the SADTU logo and Ntuli’s picture proclaiming the Union’s support for Ntuli as the Province’s Premier […]
NEHAWU RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
Thursday February 08, 2024 The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] recognises the significance of today’s State of the Nation Address [SONA], this marks the final SONA of the sixth administration under the leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President used the theme “Leave no one behind” in his 2024 Five-Year Review and today, […]
SAMWU REACTION TO THE MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT
02 November 2023 The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) notes the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on November 1, 2023. SAMWU believes that the Minister missed an opportunity to ensure adequate and equitable funding for the country’s municipalities, which are grappling with severe financial pressures that have […]
NEHAWU REJECTS THE 2023 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT
Wednesday November 01, 2023 The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] notes the 2023 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement [MTBPS] as presented in Parliament today by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana. The 2023 MTBPS was delivered in the context of the deepening unemployment, inequality and poverty and these together have now developed […]
DENOSA hopes Finance Minister keeps his hands off Health’s cookie jar.
Wednesday, 01 November 2023 PRETORIA – As the Minister of Finance will be tabling the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament later today, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) is hoping that the government will fulfill its undertaking to safeguard essential services like public healthcare from the cost-containment measures that it is implementing […]
SADTU STATEMENT ON THE START OF THE 2023 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS
23 October 2023 The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) wishes the candidates who will be writing the 2023 National Senior Certificate (Matric) examinations all the best. The examinations begin on the 30th of October until the 6th of December 2023. The National Senior Certificate examinations are of outmost importance as they mark the end of basic […]
SAMWU TURNS 36: CELEBRATING 36 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS DEVOTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF MUNICIPAL WORKERS’ LIVES AND SERVICE DELIVERY FOR ALL!
24 October 2023 On this significant day, in 1987, delegates five trade unions; the Cape Town Municipal Workers Association (CTMWA), the General and Allied Workers Union (GAWU), the Municipal Workers Union of South Africa (MWUSA), the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), convened for a two-day meeting. […]
SADTU TO TRAIN SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ON THE LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS REGARDING SEXUAL OFFENCES AND RELATED MATTERS.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) will hold a training workshop for school principals from special needs schools to focus particularly on the recent legislative amendments regarding sexual offences – Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and related Matters) Amendment Act of 2021 which came into operation on 31 July 2022. This legislation has, among others, […]
SAMWU strongly condemns Mathjabeng suspensions of Shopstewards for demanding health and safety in the workplace.
20 October 2023 The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is deeply outraged by the suspensions of 23 SAMWU Shopstewards at the Mathjabeng Local Municipality in the Free State. These suspensions were metered out against our Shopstewards who spoke out against the municipality deliberately exposing workers to an unsafe and healthy working environment, in violation […]
SAMWU statement on arrests and convictions in various municipalities in Limpopo
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) notes and welcomes the arrests and convictions that have taken place in several municipalities within the province. As SAMWU, we have consistently asserted that fraud and corruption have reached alarming levels in municipalities, allowing individuals to plunder municipal finances without consequences. We are also pleased to observe that […]
WFTU TRADE UNION INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE & ALLIED [TUI-PS&A] INTERNATION DAY OF ACTION STATEMENT
As the World Federation of Trade Unions [WFTU] Trade Union International Public Services and Allied [TUI PS & A], we take this opportunity to raise our banners and salute our mother body, the WFTU, on the 78th anniversary of its founding. In line with the 2023 theme; “the defence of democratic and trade union freedoms against […]
NEHAWU KZN TO EMBARK ON A CET PROVINCIAL DAY OF ACTION
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] in KwaZulu-Natal will embark on a Community Education and Training [CET] Provincial Day of Action directed to the KZN CET College Regional Office in Umngeni Business Park, Durban on Friday, 29 September 2023 to deliver a memorandum to Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade […]
DENOSA Limpopo statement post- its PEC meeting.
POLOKWANE – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in Limpopo held its Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting from the 14th to the 15th of September 2023 at Polokwane Royal Hotel in Polokwane to deal with the number of issues affecting nurses and healthcare services in the province. These issues include, among others, […]
NEHAWU STATEMENT ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] calls on the Department of Social Development to halt the process of reappointing of Mr NPL Mchunu as the Acting Director-General as from 04 October to 31 March 2024. As NEHAWU, we are fundamental opposed to the re-appointment of the Mr NPL Mchunu as Acting Director-General […]
NEW WAGE INCREASE FOR CLOTHING WORKERS
Members of the COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) in the clothing sector will start to receive their new wage increase for 2023 as from today. This wage increase is as a result of a two-year clothing sector collective agreement which was concluded last year. The two-year agreement contained the following provision […]
NEHAWU STATEMENT ON THE COST CONTAINMENT MEASURES BY NATIONAL TREASURY
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] is dismayed by the directive on cost containment measures by National Treasury to government departments. The Treasury has directed departments to implement cost containment measures which include amongst others the freezing of hiring new employees in the public service. As NEHAWU, we view this as Treasury’s […]
SAMWU demands immediate payment of workers’ salaries at Ditsobotla Local Municipality, further calls on the North West Provincial Government to intensify its intervention.
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the North West Province is concerned by the continued delayed payment of workers’ salaries at Ditsobotla Local Municipality. For several months this year, the municipality has failed to pay workers their salaries on time, in line with their contracts of employment. Currently, workers at the municipality have […]
A Chinese employer forces an employee to cut and deskin a dead dog as punishment for reporting his company to inspectors of the Department of Employment and Labour.
A rogue Chinese employer has been reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for and the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) for one of the most cruel and dastardly acts against an animal and a traumatized worker in the KwaZulu Natal province. The employer, Mike Fung owns a family […]
SAMWU CALL ON THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG TO RECLAIM ITS BUILDINGS FOLLOWING TRAGIC JOBURG FIRE
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Petrus Mashishi (Johannesburg) Region is saddened by the news of a City of Johannesburg owned building which caught fire in the early hours of this morning, resulting more than 70 lives perishing. SAMWU sends its sincere and heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the […]
NEHAWU WELCOMES THE DISCIPLINARY OUTCOME AGAINST SASSA EASTERN CAPE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE MANAGER – BANDILE MAQETHUKA
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the outcome of the South African Social Security Agency [SASSA] disciplinary hearing against Mr. Bandile Maqethuka, Regional Executive Manager of SASSA Eastern Cape on charges of Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Power. In 2021, the union called on SASSA to institute a disciplinary action against […]