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‘We won't back down’: SAA workers vow to continue strike until demands met
They are demanding an 8% salary hike while SAA is offering 5,9% pay rise.
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SAA workers urged to continue fight for a living wage
Employees are demanding an 8% wage hike while the employer is offering a 5.9% pay rise.
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As talks with unions over strike begin, SAA losing R52m per day
More than 3,000 workers started striking on Friday to demand higher pay and to protest against restructuring plans involving heavy job losses.
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As SAA loses R52m a day, workers to resume striking on Saturday
They've dispersed for Friday after camping out since the early hours of the morning; SAA has cancelled most of its operations until Monday.
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South Africa's Telkom in talks about possible takeover of Cell C
Telkom said this week that it was in discussions about a potential acquisition without disclosing its target.
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Volkswagen says to invest 60bn euros by 2024 in future car models
In a plan approved by its supervisory board, VW also said it would introduce up to 75 all-electric models and around 60 hybrid vehicles over the next decade.
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SAA flights cancelled until Monday
Scores of travellers have been standing in a queue for hours to get assistance from some employees who decided to show up for work on Friday.
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Callard shows Saica videos of unguided Transnet contract negotiations
Former Transnet manager Francis Callard is continuing his testimony at the third sitting of Saica's disciplinary committee's hearings against Anoj Singh.
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Satawu: SAA being unreasonable and need to come to their senses
Satawu's Zanele Sabela said that management at the national carrier took decisions unilaterally.
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Striking CT SAA workers want company to take grievances seriously
The demonstrators said that while the group was small at this stage, it would grow as the day progressed.
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Saica hears how Transnet error led to inflation of locomotives tender
The second day of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants' disciplinary hearing against former Transnet and Eskom CFO Anoj Singh was spent interrogating more evidence that was presented by former Transnet employee Francis Callard.
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SAA: All attempts to resolve union grievances failed
SAA'S acting CFO Deon Fredricks said that management had bent over backwards to make a deal with striking unions but they won't budge.
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Passengers left frustrated as SAA strike grounds operations
It's been quite a desperate situation at OR Tambo International Airport for many travellers, some of whom had no back-up plans.
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Vavi: SAA management using strike to privatise airline
Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said that the money SAA was losing for cancelling today and Saturday's flights could have easily paid for workers' 8% increase demands for a year.
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Amazon challenges Pentagon's $10-billion cloud award to Microsoft
President Donald Trump has long criticised Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos.
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Workers begin gathering at airports across country for SAA strike
Workers affiliated to unions Numsa and Sacca have started gathering in Joburg, Cape Town and Durban to mark the start of their indefinite work stoppage.
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Rand firms despite risk-off mood, equities fall
Global risk sentiment cooled after industrial production growth in China slowed more sharply than expected in October, while retail sales fell short of prediction and investment growth hit a record low.
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CARTOON: Grounded in Logic?
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Unions confirm SAA strike for Friday
The airline announced that it intends to retrench 945 workers but Satawu said it was not notified.
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Saica told Anoj Singh ordered accelerated delivery of controversial locomotives
Francis Callard has told the Saica hearing that Singh demanded the delivery of up to 480 locomotives be brought forward at the risk by negating critical factors, such as Transnet engineering’s capacity.
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Satawu: SAA didn’t follow proper procedures for planned retrenchments
They've approached the Labour Court in Johannesburg to seek an interdict to stop SAA's planned retrenchments.
