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Saftu members picket outside PSCBC offices over wages for public servants
A small group of Saftu members has gathered outside the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) offices in Centurion 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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Saftu calls on civil servants to prepare for strike after rejecting 3% wage increase
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has on Friday called on all public servants to prepare for a…
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#NationalShutdown: Saftu calls for R1500 basic income grant
Saftu’s national shutdown took to the streets on Wednesday and its long list of demands includes a minimum living wage…
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#NationalShutdown: Business as usual in Randburg as Santaco distances itself from national shutdown
As two of the country’s largest trade union federations, Cosatu and Saftu, are expected to embark on a national day…
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Taxi commuters unlikely to be affected by the shutdown on Wednesday
Taxi services should not be affected by a planned national shutdown on Wednesday. The South African National Taxi Council is…
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Saftu wants government to avail R1 trillion to meet its demands ahead of strike
Trade union federation Saftu wants the government to avail a trillion rand to meet the demands it has made ahead…
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SA Trade Unions call on national shutdown on Wednesday
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says it’s time for the government to sit up and find ways…
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KZN cops hunting suspects responsible for Marianhill mass shooting
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are on the hunt for the suspects responsible for the attack that claimed the lives of seven…
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Saftu plans national strike
The South African Federation of Trade Unions says they have embarked on mobilizing all affiliated unions and those outside the…
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Saftu: Economic and cultural factors main drivers of crime in SA
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the recent crime stats show how a combination of political-economic and…
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Numsa calls for focus to consolidate Saftu and attend to workers’ struggles
Saftu’s biggest affiliate the metalworkers’ union Numsa says the focus now is on consolidating the federation and attending to the…
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Zwelinzima Vavi re-elected Saftu general secretary
Zwelinzima Vavi has been re-elected as general secretary of Saftu. This at the union federation’s congress, which ran well into…
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COVID: Trade unions say pandemic has made exploitation the new normal
Trade Unions in South Africa said the COVID-19 pandemic had made exploitation the new normal. Unions including Cosatu, Young Nurses…
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Saftu wishes to see more women in positions of leadership
The South African Federation of Trade Union (Saftu) acting president Nomvume Ralarala says they want more women in leadership positions.…
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Decision to place Zwelinzima Vavi on suspension unconstitutional, says Saftu
The South African Federation of Trade Unions has suspended four of its senior office bearers effective Saturday. It says this…
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Cracks in Saftu over Zwelinzima Vavi’s suspension for financial misconduct
A major war is looming between Saftu president Mac Chavalala and his affiliates about general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s spending on…
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Zwelinzima Vavi says he will give Saftu reasons as to why he shouldn’t be suspended
Trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi could be booted out of yet another union federation after the South African Federation of Trade…
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Saftu to lead protest action in Cape Town on Wednesday ahead of Budget Speech
Labour federation Saftu and its affiliates will be leading a protest in Cape Town ahead of the Budget Speech. It…
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UDM’s Holomisa and Zwelinzima Vavi to try to negotiate taxi peace in Cape Town
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa and Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi are holding urgent talks with warring taxi operators in Cape…
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