16 October - Labour
In today’s show, we spoke to Phillip Magcobo – Manager of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), as well as the project manager of a Service Delivery Jamboree to take place in Langa this week. It is a well known fact that many of the residents from poorer communities in the province do not have Identity documents or even birth certificates. This makes it almost impossible for such people to find employment, and better their standard of living. The Western Cape Provincial Government will be hosting the Service Delivery Jamboree, focussing on the communities of Langa and Bonteheuwel. The Jamboree will see departments such as Home Affairs take on applications for ID’s, birth certificates, while SASSA will administer to community members who would like to apply for grants such as pensions, child support grant and disability grant. We spoke about the impact this jamboree will have on the lives of these residents. The Jamboree starts on today and runs until Saturday afternoon the18th of October between 07:30 – 4pm daily. It will be held at the Langa indoor sports complex. For more information you can call 082 687 2465.
Jackie Malherbe – from the Hope Factory was Instudio to talk about the services that they provide. The hope factory is a non-profit organisation that aims to dramatically impact and improve the lives of previously disadvantaged South Africans by providing Technical Skills, Business Skills and Life Skills, together with, Job and Wealth Creation opportunities. The vision of The Hope Factory is to develop, empower and inspire previously disadvantaged South Africans to become self-reliant and productive. We spoke about how the hope factory intends on bettering the lives of the people involved. For more information call (021) 975 5060 or go to www.thehopefactory.co.za
We also heard from Suraya Jawoodeen – spokesperson for National Education and Health Workers Allied Union. (NEHAWU) say they demand a moratorium on nurses salary deductions in the province this follows a decision by the Provincial health department to reverse salary increase of up to R7 000. According to media reports, Nurses will now have to pay it all back. Health MEC spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila is quoted as saying “There was a misunderstanding with the administration. The issue does affect nurses across the board, but it is being dealt with. Corrective measures are being put in place” Our efforts to get a comment from the health department failed. I was told that department officials are out in George on a governmental visit. Meanwhile Nehawu demands that the deductions be stopped and that salaries remain on the notch that they were elevated to. For more information on Nehawu go to http://www.nehawu.org.za/
Our last interview was an interview I had with Lunga Smile – a curator from the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum. This is the first township based museum in the Western Cape and the first museum to commemorate migrancy in South Africa. Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum is located centrally in the Lwandle Township, approximately 55km from Cape Town. If you more information about the museum you can contact (021) 845 6119 or visit http://www.lwandle.com/
Jackie Malherbe – from the Hope Factory was Instudio to talk about the services that they provide. The hope factory is a non-profit organisation that aims to dramatically impact and improve the lives of previously disadvantaged South Africans by providing Technical Skills, Business Skills and Life Skills, together with, Job and Wealth Creation opportunities. The vision of The Hope Factory is to develop, empower and inspire previously disadvantaged South Africans to become self-reliant and productive. We spoke about how the hope factory intends on bettering the lives of the people involved. For more information call (021) 975 5060 or go to www.thehopefactory.co.zaWe also heard from Suraya Jawoodeen – spokesperson for National Education and Health Workers Allied Union. (NEHAWU) say they demand a moratorium on nurses salary deductions in the province this follows a decision by the Provincial health department to reverse salary increase of up to R7 000. According to media reports, Nurses will now have to pay it all back. Health MEC spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila is quoted as saying “There was a misunderstanding with the administration. The issue does affect nurses across the board, but it is being dealt with. Corrective measures are being put in place” Our efforts to get a comment from the health department failed. I was told that department officials are out in George on a governmental visit. Meanwhile Nehawu demands that the deductions be stopped and that salaries remain on the notch that they were elevated to. For more information on Nehawu go to http://www.nehawu.org.za/
Our last interview was an interview I had with Lunga Smile – a curator from the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum. This is the first township based museum in the Western Cape and the first museum to commemorate migrancy in South Africa. Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum is located centrally in the Lwandle Township, approximately 55km from Cape Town. If you more information about the museum you can contact (021) 845 6119 or visit http://www.lwandle.com/
Comments