Power outage blamed for SABC radio broadcast interruption The break in transmission comes just hours after the emotional exit of hundreds of employees. FILE: The SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: Supplied.
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JOHANNESBURG - Just a day after the SABC s contentious retrenchment process wrapped up, live broadcasts on some of its radio stations were interrupted on Thursday morning, with the broadcaster blaming a power outage.
The break in transmission comes just hours after the emotional exit of hundreds of employees.
CWU making progress in persuading SABC to hear their demands The union will be meeting Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni Abrams this afternoon. FILE: The SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. Picture: SABC.
83 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Saturday said it was making progress in persuading the The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to hear their demands.
Members affiliated to the union have been protesting, demanding that government abandon the turnaround strategy for the public broadcaster.
They also want retrenchments to stop and for the board to be dissolved.
The union will be meeting Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni Abrams on Saturday afternoon.
CWU, Bemawu set for another strike over SABC retrenchments The SABC has issued redundancy and surplus letters to just over 300 staff after the conclusion of the Section 189 consultation process. FILE: The SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. Picture: SABC.
92 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - SABC unions said that their members would embark on another strike at the public broadcaster over the protracted retrenchment process.
The Communication Workers Union and Bemawu decided on this action at a meeting on Wednesday.
Last year, employees angrily confronted management at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Auckland Park over the retrenchments and later staged pickets at some regional offices.