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 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