Press Release

SAPTU is cautiously optimistic about the announcements made in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation last night. “We see a clear commitment to creating

SAPTU takes note of the amendment of the National Minimum Wage to R21,69 per hour for farmworkers. The minister for employment and labour, Mr Thulas

SAPTU wishes to thank the government and the Department of Health for acquiring vaccines against COVID-19 and making it available to frontline workers first. The

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s silence on the public sector wage dispute while addressing members of NEDLAC is a missed opportunity to prove the government realise the

SAPTU wishes to raise its concern about the CCMA’s (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration) decision to terminate the service of more than 500 part-time

The South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union (SAPTU) expressed their sincere condolences to the families and colleagues of the medical personnel and pilot who

SAPTU is not in favour of taxing workers to fund the procurement and distribution of vaccines against COVID-19. According to media reports, Treasury is considering

The South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union (SAPTU) encourages the South African labour force to remain positive under difficult working conditions and to continue

SAPTU is hugely dissatisfied with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the vaccine against COVID-19 will only be available in South Africa during the second quarter

SAPTU wishes to thank its members at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) for continuing to keep up the critical work they do on the