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WC Cosatu calls for national farm strike
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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Cosatu in the Western Cape called on farmworkers across South Africa on Sunday to join a wide-scale agricultural strike. Workers were calling for "one day of action across the whole agriculture sector across South Africa" on Tuesday, said Congress of
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Ehrenreich: Marikana poster not mine
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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Cosatu's Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich on Friday distanced himself from a poster that spoke of a "Marikana" in the Western Cape. "I completely disassociate myself from that poster...Perhaps one of the unions put it up," he said in a phone
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DA lays charge against Ehrenreich
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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Western Cape Democratic Alliance leader Ivan Meyer has opened an incitement case against Cosatu's provincial secretary over a poster put up in the Cape metro. The matter was registered at the Barrack Street police station in central Cape Town on
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DA voting completed
Boksburg :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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Voting in the DA's federal congress 2012 in Boksburg was completed on Sunday morning...Leader Helen Zille , who remained uncontested at the election, was due to deliver the closing address at 14:50. The federal chairperson post is being contested
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South Africa: Western Cape Farmers Concerned At Looming Strike
Worcester :: MA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Pretoria Farmers have on Friday expressed grave concern that the strike in the farming sector in the Western Cape may resume and have urged the Department of Labour's Director-General, Nkosinathi Nhleko, to do all within his powers to bring stability
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Justice for paralysed player
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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The Western Cape health department must pay compensation to a paralysed rugby player, the province's High Court has ruled, the Times reported on Friday. In 2002 Charles Oppelt, 27, was injured during a match and had to wait about 15 hours before
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Bring motion against Zille - Cosatu
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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The ANC and opposition parties should table a motion of no confidence in Western Cape Premier Helen Zille , Cosatu said on Wednesday. "The basis for the motion of no confidence is that the premier had by her own admission known about [an] upcoming
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South Africa: Cape Winelands - Whose Protests Are They Anyway?
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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The DA says the ANC deliberately fomented dissatisfaction among farmworkers to destabilise the Western Cape. It also says the treatment of workers from Lesotho lies at the heart of the protest. The ANC says the DA distributed fake pamphlets
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Police monitoring Western Cape farms
Worcester :: MA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Western Cape police were monitoring areas on Monday that were affected by recent worker protests. "Everything seems to be quiet at this stage. There have been no reports," Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said. "We are monitoring the situation, but
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South Africa: Western Cape Protests - Bloody Hands in Private Security Firms?
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 6 months ago
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The weekend brought another fatality resulting from the Western Cape farm protests. Police have stated unequivocally that his death was not the result of their actions. Now there are rumours that Bongile Ndleni may have been shot by one of the
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