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Police management on track to pay 55 000 officers election overtime
Police management said that it is on track to pay 55,000 police officers’ overtime for the work they did during…
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Police union calls for safe housing for recruits
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is calling on the government to provide safe housing for police recruits. The…
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POPCRU rejects 4.7% wage increase
Police union POPCRU (Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union) has rejected a proposed 4.7% wage increase. According to the union,…
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Popcru elects new leadership
Thulani Ngwenya has been elected Popcru President after a five-day congress. He replaces Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza, who’s been at the helm…
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Thabo Bester escape: Nandipha Magudumana continues fight for freedom
Dr Nandipha Magudumana isn’t giving up without a fight. Her legal team has filed papers to appeal the judgment dismissing…
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Popcru calls for govt to cut ties with private prisons
Police and prisons union Popcru wants the government to cut ties with private prisons in the country. This follows the…
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Popcru happy about re-arrest of fugitive Thabo Bester
Prisons union Popcru is happy that rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has been re-arrested. Arrangements are being made with Tanzania…
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KZN cop’s home petrol-bombed hours after he leads drug raid
Hours after a police captain stationed at the Phoenix SAPS led a drug raid at a property in the area,…
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Public sector unions prepare for national strike
Public sector unions say they will give details on their national strike early next week. The Cosatu-affiliated unions are rejecting…
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Nationwide public sector strike looms
Public sector workers are on the cusp of a nationwide strike. Four unions at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council…
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Thulas Nxesi: Plans by public service unions to go on strike premature
Acting Minister for Public Service and Administration Thulas Nxesi said that plans by public service unions to go on strike…
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Public sector strike looming
Popcru, Nehawu and Denosa have declared a dispute with the government. This is over its current three percent wage offer,…
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Zingiswa Losi set to contest for 2nd term as Cosatu president
Incumbent Cosatu president, Zingiswa Losi, is set to contest for a second term when the trade union federation holds its…
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Popcru demands better working conditions
Police, Prisons, and Civil Rights Union members are complaining about poor working conditions and low wages. Justice and Correctional Services…
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Popcru vows to forge ahead with national march to Union Buildings on Tuesday
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) on Monday said it would go ahead with its national march to…
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Saftu & Popcru to lead protests in Gauteng for better working conditions
Several unions will take another shot at mobilizing workers to down tools despite a low turn out a previous shutdowns…
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Popcru reiterates calls for Justice Cluster to address issues affecting policing
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has again hit out at the Criminal Justice Cluster over a number…
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Zingiswa Losi’s future hangs in the balance ahead of Cosatu congress
Cosatu president, Zingiswa Losi’s fate hangs in the balance as she could go into the federation’s September congress without a…
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Bheki Cele frustrated with the release of serial offenders back into society
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the policing and justice sectors needed to communicate, adding that officers on the ground…
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Defend your lives within the confines of our law – Ramaphosa to SAPS
President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed police officers to defend their own lives and that of citizens in the fight against…
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Bheki Cele & Sitole to be among first in police sector to get COVID-19 jab on Monday
The SAPS will kick off its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Soweto on Monday. The plan is to immunize over 180,000…
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Police Minister Bheki Cele called out for making pre-emptive comments
Popcru has called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to desist from making pre-emptive comments, following his announcement that there won’t…
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Senior cop Jeremy Vearey’s axing described as witch-hunt
A witch-hunt and an orchestrated dismissal. That’s how the axing of Cape Town’s top cop Jeremy Vearey is being described…
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Top cop suspended allegedly for lying when giving reasons to suspend officers
A senior police officer stationed in the Northern Cape has been placed on suspension for allegedly lying in giving reasons…
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Popcru: SAPS don’t deserve to be threatened by Malema
Policing union Popcru said that police had taken enough strain and did not deserve to be lambasted or threatened by…
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Police, prisons union to protest on Monday
The nationwide protests are meant to highlight the challenges faced by workers at these institutions. They are demanding an end…
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