Labour Unions Back Mandatory Vaccination, ATM to Push for Ramaphosa No-Confidence Vote

LOCAL NEWS

• Senior labour official says government is readying mandatory vaccination policy that will likely be implemented early in 2022. Notes NEDLAC has come to a broad agreement on the matter but some details are yet to be ironed out.
  • SA’s largest union, Cosatu was initially against it but has now joined the chorus backing the move
• ATM says it will push for a no confidence vote in Ramaposa through a secret ballot following Thursday’s supreme court of appeal ruling which set aside the Western Cape High Court’s verdict against the ATM’s motion two years ago.
  • ATM says the vote is justified on the grounds of SOEs collapsing under Ramaphosa’s watch and misleading parliament by saying there would be no more load-shedding
• Eskom hands over details of 30 defaulting customers in the Emalahleni municipality in Mpumalanga in a bid to claw back R5bn owed in energy payments – threatening blackouts if residents fail to pay.
  • Authorities in the district say that high levels of unemployment have contributed to the growing trend of non-payment, but it’s residents, businesses and even some government departments that are at fault.
  • The struggling power utility is constantly engaging with defaulters and working out payment plans to recover losses