Government Gazette

Vol. 412, No. 20533, 15 October 1999

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 2292 of 1999

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
LABOUR RELATIONS ACT, 1995
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A STATUTORY COUNCIL

I, Hendrik Christiaan Slabbert, Registrar of Labour Relations, hereby, in terms of section 29(3) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, give notice that an application for registration as a statutory council has been received from the South African Municipal Worker's Union.

Particulars of the application are reflected in the subjoined table.

Any person may object to the application on any or all of the following grounds:

  1. The applicant has not complied with the provisions of section 29 of the Act;
  2. the sector and area in respect of which application is made is not appropriate; and
  3. the applicant is not representative in the sector and area in respect of which application is made.

Any person who objects must lodge his/her written objection with me, c/o the Department of Labour, Laboria House, 215 Schoeman Street, Pretoria (postal address: Private Bag X117, Pretoria, 0001), within 30 days of the date of this notice. A copy of the objection must be served on the applicant within the said period and I must be satisfied that a copy of the objection has been served on the applicant.

The applicant may respond to the objection within 14 days of the expiry of the 30 day period mentioned above and must satisfy me that a copy of the response has been served on the person who objected within the 14 day period.

TABLE

Name of statutory council: Amanzi Statutory Council.
Date on which application was lodged: 20 April 1999.
Sector in respect of which application is made: Water Boards established in terms of section 28 of the Water Services No. 108 of 1997.
Area: Republic of South Africa.
Name and address of the applicant party to the statutory council:

Trade union party:

South African Municipal Workers' Union
Trade Union House
8 Beverly Street
Athlone
7764

Private Bag X9
Athlone
Cape Town
7760

Tel. (021) 697-1151
Fax. (021) 69~9175.

Representativeness of the applicant trade union:

Areas

Number of employees employed within the proposed scope of the statutory council and who are members
of the trade union

Number of employees employed within the proposed scope
of the  statutory
council
Wastern Cape Province .................... 44 68
Northern Cape Province ................... 28 47
Northern Province............................. 252 70
North West Province......................... 539 1 010
Free State Province .......................... 91 220
KwaZulu-Natal Province................... 9 1 500
Gauteng Province.............................. 1 471 3 285
Eastern Cape Province....................... 0 27
Mpumalanga Province ....................... 0 32
Total ................................................. 2 436 6 889

H. C. SLABBERT
Registrar of Labour Relations
(15 October 1999)