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South African Chapter of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement Officially Launched

7Dec

By SamanthaNo Comments

English, South Africa

South African Chapter of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement Officially Launched

South African Chapter of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement Officially Launched 29.11.2024-2Download

SA BDS Coalition protests AGOA – No Trade With USA Financing Genocide

7Nov

By wisidagamageNo Comments

English, South Africa

SA BDS Coalition protests AGOA – No Trade With USA Financing Genocide

31 October 2023 The South African Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (SA BDS) Coalition and other Palestine solidarity activists will protest on Saturday 4 November from 2pm-6pm outside Nasrec in Johannesburg against the African Growth and Opportunity Agreement (AGOA) forum in Johannesburg. There can be no business as usual with the United States government while it sends weapons and military equipment to Apartheid Israel, proudly publicising to the world that they sent an ‘additional’ plane load of armaments, including munitions, that arrived in Israel after 7 October on top of the regular minimum $3.8 billion a-year for military aid. US President Biden is pushing for an emergency budget to massively increase this amount. It could not be clearer that the US i...

The Palestine Solidarity Alliance welcomes the Free VISA entry requirements for ordinary Palestinian people to visit South Africa.

29Sep

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English, International, Palestinian, South Africa

The Palestine Solidarity Alliance welcomes the Free VISA entry requirements for ordinary Palestinian people to visit South Africa.

PRESS RELEASE The Palestine Solidarity Alliance welcomes the Free VISA entry requirements for ordinary Palestinian people to visit South Africa. The new 90-day Free Visa access for Palestinian citizens is an important step in affirming our countries commitment to supporting the Palestinian people in their struggle for basic human right, self-determination and dignity. Importantly, we must recognise that this pronouncement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, DIRCO is a result of the advocacy by many solidarity groups across the country, including the PSA, MRN and the SABDS Coalition amongst others It is a significant victory in countering the apartheid state of Israel, which controls so many aspects of Palestinian lives, from checkpoints, administ...

19Aug

By wisidagamageNo Comments

English, South Africa

Casual Women Workers Organise

9 Aug 2023 ZUID-AFRIKA A film by casualised women workers, shot in Gauteng, South Africa, and produced by the Casual Workers Advice Office (cwao.org.za). In this film, casualised women workers speak about sexual harassment by labour brokers, being made to share personal protective equipment (PPE), being forced to buy lunch for supervisors in order to get overtime. The women workers tell of how they came together as the Simunye Women Workers’ Forum with the support of the CWAO, to fight for their legal right to be made permanent at work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPE-KY32oAE&t=6s

South Africa – NUMSA secures 7% wage increase at Eskom

20Jun

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English, International, South Africa

South Africa – NUMSA secures 7% wage increase at Eskom

15 June 2023 Press statement The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has signed the wage proposal at Eskom which was negotiated in the Centralized Bargaining Forum of Eskom. The agreement is broken down in the following way: 1. This is a three year agreement which is valid from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2026 2. Wages will be increased by 7% across the board for year one, 7% for year two and 7% for year three. 3. The increase for year one will be implemented from the 30th of June 2023 and will be implemented in term of Eskom’s remuneration principles 4. Housing allowance will be increased by 7% for year one, 7% for year two and 7% for year three. 5. Eskom shall pay a once off taxable payment of R10 000 to all employees for year one of the ...