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South Africa: SA Firefighters in Canada - Here Are the Facts
GroundUp, 13 June 2016
The singing firefighters are returning home after negotiations failed to resolve a pay dispute Read more »
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South Africa: Mediator Sent to Canada to Resolve Firefighters' Dispute
SAnews.gov.za, 12 June 2016
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has dispatched a mediator from Working on Fire (WoF) to Canada to assist in resolving the firefighters' dispute. Read more »
Mediator Sent to Resolve South African Firefighters' Pay Dispute
President Jacob Zuma has requested the Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa to intervene after firefighters sent to assist Canada in battling wildfires reportedly downed tools.
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South Africa: So These People Made R433 440 Per Day Off the SA Firefighters in Canada?
The Daily Vox, 12 June 2016
So, a private South African-based company called Kishugu Holdings -with its 25% BEE party in tow- won a tender under the very complicated auspices of the government's Extended… Read more »
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South Africa: Government Attending to Issue of Firefighters in Canada
SAnews.gov.za, 11 June 2016
President Jacob Zuma has requested the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, to intervene in resolving the matter of the 301 South African firefighters who went to assist… Read more »
InFocus
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The firefighters will work with 2,200 of their Canadian peers in battling 14 wildfires. The blaze in Fort McMurray has been estimated to cover almost 5,800 square kilometres. Read more »
