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FILE: Sapo has reported that workers are steadily returning to work. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

Post office sacks 473 workers

CWU threatens to reignite strike if demands not met

By Nomsa Mdhluli

The decision to put the strike on hold follows an ultimatum from Sapo management.

  • FILE: Women sing and dance outside the Tshwane Mail Centre in Pretoria on 15 October 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Post Office workers ordered to return to work

    The strike has entered its fourth month with post piling up at sorting centres.

    2750 days ago
  • Police and emergency vehicles park outside the Post Office building in Randburg after protests on 2 September 2014. Picture: iWitness

    Post Office strikers unfazed by no work, no pay

    The three month long Post Office strike continues as the two sides fail to reach an agreement.

    2767 days ago
  • FILE: Post office workers have been on strike for more than three months. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Police deployed to monitor Post Office building

    It’s understood at least a 100 people pelted stones at the Krugersdorp sorting centre.

    2770 days ago
  • Striking Post Office workers protest outside the Tshwane Mail Centre in Pretoria, they are demanding a 15% wage increase. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Post office strike: Results from wage talks expected

    While Cape Town workers are returning to work, their Gauteng counterparts have vowed to continue striking.

    2772 days ago
  • Striking post office workers are protesting outside of the Tshwane Mail Centre in Johannesburg on 15 October 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Minister breaks his silence on Post Office strike

    Minister Siyabonga Cwele has asked Sapo to open forums of discussion to end the strike.

    2776 days ago
  • FILE: Police and emergency vehicles park outside the Post Office building in Randburg after protests on 2 September, 2014. Picture: iWitness.

    Firefighters called to Randburg Post Office protest

    Emergency services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says there is smoke rising out of the building.

    2820 days ago
  • FILE: The South African Post Office has confirmed it has dismissed 473 casual workers who have been been on strike for three weeks. Picture: EWN.

    Post Office sacks 473 workers

    Sapo says the employees were sacked after embarking on a campaign of violence and intimidation.

    2821 days ago
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