UASA would like to thank the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government for intervening and saving jobs at Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) mine, which was forced to close down due to violent attacks on workers by local protestors.

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UASA calls on Pres. Ramaphosa to cancel his planned state visit to meet with Pres. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and address South Africans on the situation at Eskom, how is it going to be resolved and how long will it take.

UASA’s Franz Stehring was this morning in conversation with eNCA’s Xoli Mngambi regarding the situation at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM).

Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan’s valiant efforts to bring Eskom under control about a year ago have failed miserably and come to nought as the power utility moved to Stage 6 load shedding from 18h00 last night.

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UASA is saddened by the decision at RBM to halt operations due to protest action in the town.

The South African economy contracted for the second time this year in the third quarter of 2019. 

Lower data prices UASA is pleased that attention is being paid to the high data prices strangling cell phone users.

UASA attended the two day Anglo American Tripartite Health and Safety Initiative hosted at the Gallagher Convention Centre.

Farewell to Mr. Willie van Eeden, our Sector Manager in the Aerospace Sector. Willie has been working for UASA for the past 21 years starting his service in 1998.

UASA is disappointed that this year’s Denel wages saga is now repeated at another state-owned enterprise, SAA.

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UASA is disappointed with the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank to leave the repo rate unchanged. We firmly believe that a drop of 50 basis points would have given the country the much needed positive economic...

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan’s announcement that SAA may not be able to pay workers’ salaries at the end of November, comes as a shocker to SAA employees and taxpayers alike.

UASA congratulates Sharon Baxter, our Senior Administrator in the Claims Department on 30 years of loyal service.

With the interest rate expected to stay the same after tomorrow’s announcement, UASA would like to urge the Reserve Bank to lower the repo rate to aid struggling consumers and businesses.

UASA yesterday held a regional communication meeting with our members in  KwaZulu Natal.

UASA is pleased that a new Eskom CEO has finally been appointed.