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Workers at Eskom Rotek Industries will start protesting against the use of labour brokers at the division from Tuesday. Protest organiser Timothy Kgokong said the newly appointed labour brokers have not paid full employee salaries. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said the grievances underscoring the protest are before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.Eskom confirmed…

flu can range from a nuisance to a serious health threat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “common colds are the main reason that children miss school and adults miss work.”Although most cases of the common cold and flu tend to go away by themselves, every year, flu kills an estimated…

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula was confronted by members of the taxi industry on Monday.Mbalula was met by disgruntled taxi operators and eventually had to flee the scene. The taxi industry embarked on a provincial strike on Monday to express their unhappiness with a proposed government grant.Taxi operators confronted Transport Minister Fikile…

Taxis blockade main entrances in and out of Laudium, Pretoria. (Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee, Twitter) 6m ago A taxi operator who wishes to remain anonymous says they've just received the call to strike and will be embarking on it now. Says what the govt are doing is wrong, R5k not enough for him and his drivers.…

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Mbalula urges taxis to keep running, not go to war with government.Government has no more money to give - and already scraped the bottom of the barrel, he says.EFF agrees with taxi association that R5 000 compensation per taxi is too little - suggests R20 000 each."This is not the time…