Posts tagged with 'Solidarity'

 

Panyaza Lesufi slams new Afrikaans university funded by Solidarity: ‘Don’t remind us of apartheid’ – Jealousy makes you nasty!

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The campus is part of the union’s education and employment projects worth R4,5 billion over the next five years. The project is set to cost about R300 million funded through donations from the community, the union said.

The university will be home to Solidarity’s accredited, Afrikaans private vocational training college founded on Christian values.

The campus is the first of the major projects the union would embark on over the next five years to boost education and employment to the tune of R4,5 billion.

The next project would be the construction of the Akademia campus where “world-class education will be offered through Afrikaans as the medium of instruction”.

“The strength of Sol-Tech and of this campus lies in the fact that it is being built by the community,” said Solidarity COO Dr Dirk Hermann.

“Every Solidarity member donates R10 to a building fund each month.

“Thousands of members of the public donate
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Dutch parliament ‘strongly opposes’ ANC’s racist land expropriation plan against white farmers in SA

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The Solidarity Movement – which includes trade union Solidarity – said that it welcomed a motion adopted by the Dutch parliament on Thursday that “spoke out strongly” against steps being taken to allow for land expropriation in South Africa.

The motion was tabled by Martijn van Helvert of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Kees van der Staaij, leader of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij.

“A majority of members in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament voted in favour of the motion and thereby instructed the Dutch government to take a clear stand on this issue through bilateral and other processes,” said Jaco Kleynhans, the head of international liaison for the Solidarity Movement.

Details of the motion presented to the Dutch parliament
Kleynhans said the motion was tabled by Martijn van Helvert of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Kees van der Staaij, leader of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij.

“Over the
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SA government racism against whites! Eskom says ‘no thanks’ to skilled engineers and technicians and would rather employ 30% BEE pass rate candidates

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Eskom was offered a list of 480 skilled and experienced professionals who are keen to help the company, but it did not contact a single person on the list.

In February trade union Solidarity launched a website where experienced engineers and technicians registered to offer their skills to help Eskom.

The initiative followed an announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the services of competent former Eskom employees should be used to help alleviate Eskom’s skills shortages.

On 19 February Solidarity provided Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan with a database of scarce skills that exist among Eskom’s former workforce.

These skills include experienced former Eskom engineers, technicians, project managers, financial managers and contractors.

The list was also given to Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer and Elsie Pule, group executive for human resources at the company.

Not a single person on the list contacted
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Trade union group Solidarity unveil R4.5bn plans for “alternative Afrikaans education system”

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Solidarity is ready to plough their resources into creating an Afrikaans-centric education system that will rival the one set out by the government.

Trade union group Solidarity (Solidariteit) have been talking big this week, after unveiling their plans for NetWerk. The project plans to inject billions into an education system that works for South Africans… but they aren’t looking at fixing what may already be broken. They are looking to create a completely new “alternative Afrikaans education system”.

Their plans would run on an alternative basis to the current curriculum, and the blueprints consist of establishing independent vocational colleges, as well as a brand new university and opportunities to “learn on the job”. Work placements and mentorships would also feature in this vision of the future.

Afrikaans education system “to rival the one provided by the government”
During a conference on Thursday, S
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Let this be a lesson for South Africa, that racism isn’t colour blind – Head of basic police development, Major General Sandra Malebe-Thema found guilty of racism

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The trade union Solidarity today announced that the South African Police Service (SAPS), found the Head of Basic Police Development, Major-General Sandra Malebe-Thema guilty of racism.

According to Anton van der Bijl, Head of Legal Service at Solidarity, Malebe-Thema made herself guilty of racist and humiliating remarks towards various training personnel during an event at the SAPS Training Academy in Oudtshoorn, in 2016. Van der Bijl also said that the General stated that there were too many white faces occupying positions in training and that the so-called discrimination against black students will be stopped. “During the same event she also made inappropriate comments about a selected group of personnel’s clothing and weight,” Van der Bijl confirmed.

The trade union acted immediately by submitting a formal complaint to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Cape Town, in November 2016. Solidarity maintained the pressure by turning to the Labour
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