Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are calling for this board to be dissolved because this board seems to be interested in supporting and feeding their own tummies as individuals,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The deadlock between the CWU and the SABC has dictated to us that we should indeed embark on industrial action. This is with the intention to force SABC to reconsider its position, and we believe that we can do that and that it is achievable,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are beginning to empower the private institutions at the expense of the public broadcaster, at the expense of workers, because those who stand to benefit are those in the private sector and we are saying there should be no outsourcing at the SABC,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The deadlock between the CWU and the SABC has dictated to us that we should indeed embark on industrial action. This is with the intention to force SABC to reconsider its position, and we believe that we can do that and that it is achievable,”

iol Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:31:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are beginning to empower the private institutions at the expense of the public broadcaster, at the expense of workers, because those who stand to benefit are those in the private sector and we are saying there should be no outsourcing at the SABC,”

iol Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:31:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The number is not dropping because the SABC wants it. It is because when we engaged them in the extended period, we demonstrated some of the positions are very critical,”

iol Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “When you look at it, they never listened to us properly. They just thought we would be happy that the number is reduced,”

iol Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “They’re definitely negotiating in bad faith; there’s absolutely no reason why you should kill programmes that have been generating revenue”

eyewitness-news Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “CWU is party to this process and it has formally launched its dispute through the CCMA and has written to the public broadcaster formally to inform them about our demands,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We have agreed to let us explore every opportunity we have,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “I maintained all the time on issues of health, sports, education and many others because over 21 million citizens depend on it,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “It must be their last time here, we are not joking,”

citizen Saturday, November 21, 2020 12:17:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala added : “We have to defend our indigenous languages,”

citizen Saturday, November 21, 2020 12:17:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We, as the workers, welcome the support from all political parties and unions,”

iol Friday, November 20, 2020 8:04:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We call on all workers to tools down and bring the SABC to a complete state of blackout. By 1pm on the said date we’ll be on the picketing lines in all SABC outlets,”

eyewitness-news Friday, November 20, 2020 1:12:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We have taken a decision to go to the streets. Makhathini [SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini] must test us, we will make sure that nothing goes on air. We will be using every arsenal we have to attack,”

citizen Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Our action of the shutdown will continue into the following week and we will review our action and impact next week Wednesday 25th of November 2020 and inform the public of our second phase of action should the management remain stubborn,”

iol Thursday, November 19, 2020 1:54:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "As a union we would be filing a notice to strike as required by the law. We see Magopeni's retraction as a sign of bowing to pressure and we won't be surprised if they turn around and say the decision to withdraw the notices is invalid,"

news24 Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:46:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We note that there are new people that just came in as acting now and have found Post Office in this crisis it is at. But we are saying that heads must roll because workers' payslips show that all the deductions were made. We are saying there is misappropriation of funds,"

news24 Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:39:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said ( about error ) : “We agreed on the skills audit so that it can be identified what talent is there and where there is an oversupply of employees. This will assist to avoid a situation where you might retrench what you need and commit the same error that was made in 2007 [when], after retrenchments, a few months later people were rehired at higher salaries. The same people who say there is a high salary bill went ahead with a new structure and appointed people to positions. The skills audit must … inform a new corporate plan,”

mg Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:19:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The gloves are off. We will look at the proposal and we will challenge. This will be the biggest fight,”

businessday Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:49:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said ( about Labour Relations Act ) : "We took the company to court because we think that it undermined the process of Section 189 [of the Labour Relations Act] where it wanted to introduce voluntary severance packages to workers. And when that happens, workers will jump for them only to find that they were not affected and this might give an opportunity to Telkom to retrench even more numbers,"

eyewitness-news Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The ANC ... are all quiet about this matter. They have not responded to our letters. Any political party that claims to [represent] the interest of workers would have said [by now]. They have not,”

businessday Wednesday, January 22, 2020 10:53:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We all know [these networks] have been at the forefront of retrenching workers in the past years. Does this mean we have a government that supports retrenchments? The CWU is calling for an urgent meeting with the ruling party and the minister (Mboweni) to resolve this,”

citizen Monday, January 20, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We want them to expand on their rationale because they just gave us obvious reasons”

eyewitness-news Thursday, January 16, 2020 12:35:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We strongly warn SABC management to stop running the public broadcaster through the public gallery. This behaviour has led to a highly demoralised staff, and unnecessary anxiety as the future of their employment is uncertain,”

citizen Friday, September 27, 2019 10:07:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “To include labour is not a favour but part of the Broadcasting Act requirements and the advert. We are therefore not pleased that labour has no representative. It is important that, in these trying times, the board of the SABC comprises expertise from all sectors of our society,”

businessday Sunday, March 3, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Generally, we’re worried about the state of the SABC as a whole,”

iol Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:05:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Generally, we’re worried about the state of the SABC as a whole,”

the-star Thursday, February 28, 2019 9:13:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We made a strong proposal to the former and current minister [of communications] that a comprehensive turnaround strategy must be implemented to avoid retrenchments … but the SABC continued to be arrogant,”

businessday Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:38:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “They took many wrong decisions including pushing for retrenchments without a comprehensive skills audit … we have an incompetent board and we need to start on a clean slate,”

businessday Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:38:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “At the moment, we are sitting with a crisis,”

iol Monday, January 21, 2019 10:07:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Whether his term has seen an advancement of our historic mission or represents a regress of that perspective is a view that we will communicate publicly once our structures have had an opportunity to engage on this bone of contention”

iol Friday, November 18, 2016 1:29:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "The conclusion was that we must call off the strike because our members believe that there's lots that still needs to be clarified, but they said in light of this we must suspend an indefinite strike, not calling it off,"

allafrica Saturday, September 10, 2016 4:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "The meeting was progressive… but it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage as there are other stakeholders involved,"

bdlive Sunday, September 4, 2016 5:56:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "This is a clear indication that the party fails to appreciate the current challenges faced by workers at plant level, and the fact that the so-called company forums have been used in companies to oppress and depoliticise workers, and to ultimately exploit them,"

bdlive Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:49:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "purely to victimise those who have embarked on a legal strike"

bdlive Monday, August 29, 2016 8:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are very confident of our case that the outcomes of the case will breed fresh air to those down trodden workers who had sacrificed a lot to turn the fortunes of the company,”

iol Monday, August 29, 2016 4:00:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The newly appointed human resources officer, Nhlanhla Qwabe, seems to be thinking arrogance is the way of dealing with issues,” ”There is a management that is incapacitated to engage meaningfully on labour issues”

iol Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "They [MTN] don't even know if we [CWU] are available or not on the date,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "They're trying to avoid us,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "To us a strike is always, should I say, the last option. But it's always our strong tool to hit the employer,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We were supposed to meet with MTN management today [Tuesday] to address some issues raised by employees‚ but they asked for a postponement to Friday morning‚"

bdlive Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:05:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We hope that they will come to their senses and give in to demands of employees as they had promised previously. Otherwise‚ we are psychologically and legally ready to take them head on if they fail to bring us fulfilling feedback at the Friday meeting‚"

bdlive Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:05:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala added : “We hope that they will come to their senses and give in to demands of employees as they had promised previously. Otherwise‚ we are psychologically and legally ready to take them head on if they fail to bring us fulfilling feedback at the Friday meeting‚”

thetimes-za Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:59:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are calling for this board to be dissolved because this board seems to be interested in supporting and feeding their own tummies as individuals,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The deadlock between the CWU and the SABC has dictated to us that we should indeed embark on industrial action. This is with the intention to force SABC to reconsider its position, and we believe that we can do that and that it is achievable,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are beginning to empower the private institutions at the expense of the public broadcaster, at the expense of workers, because those who stand to benefit are those in the private sector and we are saying there should be no outsourcing at the SABC,”

the-star Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:36:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The deadlock between the CWU and the SABC has dictated to us that we should indeed embark on industrial action. This is with the intention to force SABC to reconsider its position, and we believe that we can do that and that it is achievable,”

iol Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:31:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are beginning to empower the private institutions at the expense of the public broadcaster, at the expense of workers, because those who stand to benefit are those in the private sector and we are saying there should be no outsourcing at the SABC,”

iol Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:31:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The number is not dropping because the SABC wants it. It is because when we engaged them in the extended period, we demonstrated some of the positions are very critical,”

iol Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “When you look at it, they never listened to us properly. They just thought we would be happy that the number is reduced,”

iol Thursday, January 14, 2021 8:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “They’re definitely negotiating in bad faith; there’s absolutely no reason why you should kill programmes that have been generating revenue”

eyewitness-news Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “CWU is party to this process and it has formally launched its dispute through the CCMA and has written to the public broadcaster formally to inform them about our demands,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We have agreed to let us explore every opportunity we have,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “I maintained all the time on issues of health, sports, education and many others because over 21 million citizens depend on it,”

iol Saturday, November 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “It must be their last time here, we are not joking,”

citizen Saturday, November 21, 2020 12:17:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala added : “We have to defend our indigenous languages,”

citizen Saturday, November 21, 2020 12:17:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We, as the workers, welcome the support from all political parties and unions,”

iol Friday, November 20, 2020 8:04:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We call on all workers to tools down and bring the SABC to a complete state of blackout. By 1pm on the said date we’ll be on the picketing lines in all SABC outlets,”

eyewitness-news Friday, November 20, 2020 1:12:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We have taken a decision to go to the streets. Makhathini [SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini] must test us, we will make sure that nothing goes on air. We will be using every arsenal we have to attack,”

citizen Thursday, November 19, 2020 8:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Our action of the shutdown will continue into the following week and we will review our action and impact next week Wednesday 25th of November 2020 and inform the public of our second phase of action should the management remain stubborn,”

iol Thursday, November 19, 2020 1:54:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "As a union we would be filing a notice to strike as required by the law. We see Magopeni's retraction as a sign of bowing to pressure and we won't be surprised if they turn around and say the decision to withdraw the notices is invalid,"

news24 Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:46:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We note that there are new people that just came in as acting now and have found Post Office in this crisis it is at. But we are saying that heads must roll because workers' payslips show that all the deductions were made. We are saying there is misappropriation of funds,"

news24 Saturday, October 10, 2020 5:39:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said ( about error ) : “We agreed on the skills audit so that it can be identified what talent is there and where there is an oversupply of employees. This will assist to avoid a situation where you might retrench what you need and commit the same error that was made in 2007 [when], after retrenchments, a few months later people were rehired at higher salaries. The same people who say there is a high salary bill went ahead with a new structure and appointed people to positions. The skills audit must … inform a new corporate plan,”

mg Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:19:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The gloves are off. We will look at the proposal and we will challenge. This will be the biggest fight,”

businessday Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:49:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said ( about Labour Relations Act ) : "We took the company to court because we think that it undermined the process of Section 189 [of the Labour Relations Act] where it wanted to introduce voluntary severance packages to workers. And when that happens, workers will jump for them only to find that they were not affected and this might give an opportunity to Telkom to retrench even more numbers,"

eyewitness-news Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The ANC ... are all quiet about this matter. They have not responded to our letters. Any political party that claims to [represent] the interest of workers would have said [by now]. They have not,”

businessday Wednesday, January 22, 2020 10:53:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We all know [these networks] have been at the forefront of retrenching workers in the past years. Does this mean we have a government that supports retrenchments? The CWU is calling for an urgent meeting with the ruling party and the minister (Mboweni) to resolve this,”

citizen Monday, January 20, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We want them to expand on their rationale because they just gave us obvious reasons”

eyewitness-news Thursday, January 16, 2020 12:35:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We strongly warn SABC management to stop running the public broadcaster through the public gallery. This behaviour has led to a highly demoralised staff, and unnecessary anxiety as the future of their employment is uncertain,”

citizen Friday, September 27, 2019 10:07:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “To include labour is not a favour but part of the Broadcasting Act requirements and the advert. We are therefore not pleased that labour has no representative. It is important that, in these trying times, the board of the SABC comprises expertise from all sectors of our society,”

businessday Sunday, March 3, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Generally, we’re worried about the state of the SABC as a whole,”

iol Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:05:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Generally, we’re worried about the state of the SABC as a whole,”

the-star Thursday, February 28, 2019 9:13:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We made a strong proposal to the former and current minister [of communications] that a comprehensive turnaround strategy must be implemented to avoid retrenchments … but the SABC continued to be arrogant,”

businessday Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:38:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “They took many wrong decisions including pushing for retrenchments without a comprehensive skills audit … we have an incompetent board and we need to start on a clean slate,”

businessday Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:38:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “At the moment, we are sitting with a crisis,”

iol Monday, January 21, 2019 10:07:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “Whether his term has seen an advancement of our historic mission or represents a regress of that perspective is a view that we will communicate publicly once our structures have had an opportunity to engage on this bone of contention”

iol Friday, November 18, 2016 1:29:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "The conclusion was that we must call off the strike because our members believe that there's lots that still needs to be clarified, but they said in light of this we must suspend an indefinite strike, not calling it off,"

allafrica Saturday, September 10, 2016 4:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "The meeting was progressive… but it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage as there are other stakeholders involved,"

bdlive Sunday, September 4, 2016 5:56:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "This is a clear indication that the party fails to appreciate the current challenges faced by workers at plant level, and the fact that the so-called company forums have been used in companies to oppress and depoliticise workers, and to ultimately exploit them,"

bdlive Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:49:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "purely to victimise those who have embarked on a legal strike"

bdlive Monday, August 29, 2016 8:02:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “We are very confident of our case that the outcomes of the case will breed fresh air to those down trodden workers who had sacrificed a lot to turn the fortunes of the company,”

iol Monday, August 29, 2016 4:00:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : “The newly appointed human resources officer, Nhlanhla Qwabe, seems to be thinking arrogance is the way of dealing with issues,” ”There is a management that is incapacitated to engage meaningfully on labour issues”

iol Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:29:00 AM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "They [MTN] don't even know if we [CWU] are available or not on the date,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "They're trying to avoid us,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala told : "To us a strike is always, should I say, the last option. But it's always our strong tool to hit the employer,"

allafrica Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:10:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We were supposed to meet with MTN management today [Tuesday] to address some issues raised by employees‚ but they asked for a postponement to Friday morning‚"

bdlive Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:05:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala said : "We hope that they will come to their senses and give in to demands of employees as they had promised previously. Otherwise‚ we are psychologically and legally ready to take them head on if they fail to bring us fulfilling feedback at the Friday meeting‚"

bdlive Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:05:00 PM EAT

Aubrey Tshabalala added : “We hope that they will come to their senses and give in to demands of employees as they had promised previously. Otherwise‚ we are psychologically and legally ready to take them head on if they fail to bring us fulfilling feedback at the Friday meeting‚”

thetimes-za Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:59:00 PM EAT