Photo: Gallo images E-tolling has been halted for the remainder of 2012, yet the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has said that they will proceed with marches on November 30 and also close freewways around the Johannesburg, Tshwane...
Please note that COSATU will be instituting protest action against e-tolls from 30 November to 07 December 2012. Further details are in available by clickin ont he below link: Nov16-COSATU-e-Tolling-S77-NOTICE.pdf.pdf
Parliament is rushing through amendments to legislation required for Gauteng’s e-tolls with a National Assembly debate on the bill scheduled for Thursday — a day or two after public hearings and committee deliberations. This is despite strong...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is submitting a strike notice to the National Economic Development and Labour Council, in protest against the implementation of electronic tolling on Gauteng highways, its president Sdumo Dlamini...
Cosatu president, Sdumo Dlamini, says the union will be submitting a strike notice to the National Economic Development and Labour Council in another bid to prevent the tolling of Gauteng’s freeways. Cosatu has been against e-tolling from the start...
Cosatu have once again urged the department of transport to do away with the plan to go forward with e-tolling. According to Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven, road maintenance funds should be taken from tax revenues and not from road users. He...
According to Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven, motorists should resist buying e-tags as Cosatu strongly opposes e-tolling. “The federation rejects the argument for ‘user-pays’ for basic public services like our roads, and...
Unions have warned that the current truck drivers strike could go on for longer and intensify should their demands not be met. “Our strike would be converted to a mass rolling action if we fail to reach an agreement with the employer,”...
The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) tasked with finding a solution to the e-tolling impasse will announce a decision on Friday. Thabo Masebe, spokesperson for deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, who heads the IMC, yesterday said: “Government...
