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Nine years on, Telkom ex-employees still fighting outsourcing firms

The 19 employees are battling for reinstatement and backpay after being dismissed during an outsourcing and labour dispute

Nineteen former Telkom employees who won a protracted legal battle after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement are still fighting for their jobs (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Former Telkom staff win court appeal against new employer

The employees have won an appeal against WNS after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement

Your cheque is in the mail: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has welcomed a court decision to place the South African Post Office in business rescue. Photo: Made Nagi/AFP

SOEs going into business rescue a sign of governance failure

It highlights that changes need to be made in their operation, experts say

Run to the ground, Post Office and SABC fight for relevance

Having struggled to keep up with changing markets, the two entities under the department of communications are in states of financial disrepair

Over the past decade, the South African Post Office has had significant business problems, including debt to creditors and poor revenue collection.

Post Office owes R842m to worker pension fund and medical aid

There is growing concern about a possible liquidation of the entity should it not be repurposed

The committee drafted a shortlist of 24 candidates last week, from an initial pool of over 300. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SABC unions will not go down without a fight

The broadcaster has announced mass retrenchments in the wake of financial woes, but unions say workers are the victims of an uncreative board

Staff were informed on Monday that they should not report for duty until further notice as the channel ceased to exist at 23.59.

Afro Worldview off air as MultiChoice ends contract

Employees at the channel have been left stranded after it was removed from the DStv bouquet but the Communication Workers Union says it is not the end

Siyabonga Cwele’s bid to get things moving in the migration to digitally broadcast TV signals was stalled in the Cabinet.

Post office yields to critical union demands

In an effort to end strike action, the state-owned entity has answered the call for permanent jobs

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Post office wage talks deadlocked

Sapo chief executive Mark Barnes says the entity could not afford the 12% wage hike

A group of mostly pensioners waited for hours outside the post office in Langalibalele Street

Post Office strike halts payment to grant beneficiaries

The workers say they have not received a wage hike in three years. They are demanding a 12% wage increase

Parliament’s oversight committee on communications was briefed on Tuesday on progress the SABC has made on its turnaround strategy. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Spokesperson: All is well at SABC

Kaizer Kganyago confirms staff members are still picketing outside the SABC but that, despite this, programmes have not been disrupted.

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SABC staff set to strike ahead of ANC conference

Hannes du Buisson, spokesperson for Bemawu, says that the members of the union have rejected the SABC’s proposal of a 4.5% salary increase.

The Mail & Guardian incited outrage from the ANC with an insinuating headline.

SABC strikers wage battle on two fronts – in the boardroom and on the streets

Wage increases and the freedom of the embattled SABC board from political interference are the core of SABC workers’ demands.

Post Office wins court order against strike

But the Communication Workers Union has said it is consulting its legal team and plans to go ahead with the march, even it bypasses Sapo buildings.

How communication workers taught the labour courts a lesson

What happens when workers are excluded from a system that is supposed to protect them? The post office strike has become a case study.

Telkom said on Wednesday it had terminated discussions relating to Rain’s proposal for a potential acquisition for newly issued shares in Telkom.

Union demands Telkom retract retrenchment letters to staff

The CWU has expressed shock over the 105 retrenchment letters given to staff members and has called for the resignation of Telkom’s CEO.

African Content Movement (ACM) leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng is being approached by other political parties in the council to take over from ANC mayor Malekula Melato.

Union siding with Motsoeneng could scare members

Some SABC staffers say the Communication Workers’ Union’s support of its acting COO, as the "Hlaudi Motsoeneng Coalition", would badly affect workers.

CWU calls for protector to resign after Motsoeneng report

The CWU has called for the public protector to resign as her report on SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng "undermines the working class".

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Alliance cracks don’t dissuade ANC backers

Despite Numsa announcing that it won’t campaign for the ANC any longer, the SACP and CWU have pledged their support for the ruling party.

Telkom said on Wednesday it had terminated discussions relating to Rain’s proposal for a potential acquisition for newly issued shares in Telkom.

Union vows to fight Telkom over ‘retrenchment’

The Communication Workers’ Union has promised to fight the proposed offer of voluntary packages to Telkom workers.