Issue 194 - FREE
21
September 2018
Community News. Original - accurate - first
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A fire was reported behind the fire station around 4.30am on Saturday, 15 September. When the Bulletin arrived thick smoke was billowing into the air. Huge flames were seen behind the fire station. The Bulletin found the fire department were already busy extinguishing the fire. Initial indications are that it was only old tyres that were burnt in the fire. The extent of the fire is worrying as there are supposed to be guards that did not detect the fire quickly enough. Is this not cause for concern taking into consideration the number of theft cases reported? GMM fire department did a very good job in extinguishing the fire. The equipment is in a poor state and the fire department went out of their way to make the systems work. Hats off to them!
Sasol is under increasing pressure from Solidarity On Friday the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted Solidarity’s application in terms of section 77 of the Labour Relations Act, ruling that the National Economic Development Council (Nedlac) must revise its initial decision to reject Solidarity’s application. This ruling means that Nedlac must now reconsider Solidarity’s section 77 application so that all of the trade
union’s members at all places of work may lawfully participate in protest action in solidarity with the Sasol strikers and against the exclusion of races in employee share ownership plans. Solidarity Chief Executive Dr Dirk Hermann said in reaction to the favourable ruling that frustration with the exclusion of races goes beyond just Sasol. “The Sasol workers are
symbolising something so many Solidarity members are experiencing,” Hermann explained. Continuing, Hermann said: “We are planning a huge protest action to support Sasol members and to protest racial exclusion. It will be a historical protest expressing a voice not heard before.” The date of the strike will be announced as soon as the Nedlac
process has been finalised. In further developments in the ongoing strike, Sasol’s Sasolburg plant experienced chaos as Solidarity shifted their focus to the Sasolburg plant. By rights, a steam plant at Sasol 1 should have been shut down on Saturday morning as striking workers were not going to report for the day shift. Continued to page 3