onon thethe RoadRoad www.nbcrfli.org.za 1st EDITION 2013 Welcome to our first edition of Ziwaphi, a newspaper designed especially for all the employee members of the National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI). Ziwaphi will be distributed on a quarterly basis to industry employees and will provide you with relevant information about the Council, the opportunity to ask the Council your own questions, entertainment news, competitions and more. One of the key ways we have come to understand your information needs is through the research questionnaire competition we held earlier this year. Many thanks to all those who gave of their time to fill in a questionnaire. All answered questionnaires were placed into a lucky draw and the following three people were randomly selected to receive R1 000: • Polelo George Tshane from Peterbill Transport • Risenga John Hlumgwane from Enviroserv • Humphrey Khumalo from G4S For advertising sales and rates, please e-mail Ms Fikile Mchunu at [email protected] WINNERS TITIO PE N M O Read through C the contents of this newsletter and answer the following question: Polelo George Tshane Risenga John Hlumgwane Humphrey Khumalo How many GP consultations are Health Plan members entitled to per year? ConGRaTulaTions To ouR winneRs! Send [email protected] answer, name and number to and stand a chance of winning We trust you will enjoy this first edition of Ziwaphi. a NBCRFLI hamper. Should you wish to give us any feedback, please email Claire Barnard on [email protected]. Happy reading! NICKNAMe: ‘Mbazo’ PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER BORN ON 25 NOVEMBER 1980 IN BOIPATONG Aaron Mokoena, also known as known as “Mbazo” or “The Axe” because of • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Ajax Amsterdam Football Club his tough tackling skills, is a Professional Soccer Player (Defender) and has Netherlands | 1999 - 2003 been playing in the English Premier League since 2005. He was the youngest • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Bayern Leverküsen Football Club player ever to play for Bafana Bafana. His international debut was against Germany | 1998 - 1999 Botswana in 1999 when he was just 18 years old. He later replaced Lucas • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Jomo Cosmos Football Club Radebe as captain of Bafana Bafana. He was part of the national squad for 1997 - 1998 the Fifa 2010 World Cup. AWARDS The youngest of seven siblings, Mokoena has always had a close bond with • PFA Player in the Community Award | Football League | 2011 his mother Maria and is a frequent visitor to her home in Boipatong, with his wife Jwalane and their two daughters. He was the youngest person in history to be nominated for this prestigious award in recognition of his excellent work in the community through the Aaron PROFESSIONAL DETAILS Mokoena Foundation. Following in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, he is only the second South African to receive this honour. CuRRenT PosiTions • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Portsmouth Football Club WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT AARON MOKOENA Portsmouth | 2009 - present • Captain | South African Bafana Bafana Soccer Team Collen Khumalo, one of eight trustees of the Aaron Mokoena Foundation, 2003 - present says: “He is humble and that is the secret of his success. There has been a lot of talent in South Africa in the past, but what makes Aaron special is that PRevious PosiTions he is always wanting to expand his knowledge. Even after all he has done for his country, he is still in touch with everyone from his old community and trying • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Blackburn Rovers Football Club to find ways to improve their lives. The work he does with them as part of the United Kingdom | 2005 - 2009 Foundation encourages them to keep working hard for a better future.” • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | KRC Genk Belgium | 2003 - 2005 Sources: http://whoswho.co.za/; http://www.thenewage.co.za/ • Professional Soccer Player (Defender) | Germinal Beerschot Belgium | 2001 - 2002 WHAT DO WE DO FOR YOU? We provide our members with a number of value-add service offerings, including: • Setting minimum standards and conditions of employment which are included in the Collective Agreements • Ensuring all employers and employees who fall into the scope of the NBCRFLI follow the Collective Agreements • Resolving disputes between employers and employees in the Industry WHO IS THE • Managing the industry’s annual, sick leave and holiday bonus funds • Providing Wellness services to the industry, such as Trucking Wellness and the Wellness Fund Health Plan WHAT IS A COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT? A Collective Agreement is a written agreement providing for terms and conditions of employment or any other matters of mutual interest concluded between one or more registered trade unions on the one hand and one or more registered employers’ organisations on the other hand, concluded in a Bargaining Council. The conditions that are outlined in the Collective Agreements apply to Bargaining Unit employees in the road freight and logistics industry. Only across-the-board wage increases apply to extended bargaining unit employees. As an employee, a Collective Agreement gives NBCRFLI you useful information about your wages, benefits and annual leave days, and more. The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics STAYING IN CONTACT WITH US Industry (NBCRFLI) manages the conditions of employment between Should you have any questions regarding your annual, sick leave or holiday bonus pay or the Wellness Fund Health Plan, please speak to your HR or payroll department. Should employers and employees within the road freight and logistics industry. you wish to contact us directly, we have listed some useful contact numbers on the back This is done to help ensure that industry members are united which leads page of this newsletter. There is also useful information about our services on our website to stability in the industry. www.nbcrfli.org.za. Most of you know Nelson Mandela as the first black president 5. Mandela’s faTHeR Had fouR wives, and of South Africa, a man who became a symbol of the anti- nelson is one of 13 CHildRen. apartheid movement, and one who spent nearly 30 years of Mandela’s father, a local chief and councilor to the Thembu his life in prison. He remains a global icon and hero to many. king, died from tuberculosis when his son was 9. Before that, he fathered 13 children by four wives - four boys and But it’s easy to forget that Nelson Mandela is human. nine girls. Nelson’s mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was the third Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Nelson wife. Mandela 6. Mandela Has ReCeived MoRe THan 250 1. Mandela’s TRibal niCKnaMe is “RoliHlaHla,” awaRds foR His aCCoMPlisHMenTs. MeaninG “TRoubleMaKeR”. Amongst these awards is the shared 1993 Nobel Peace Other accounts translate Rolihlalhla to mean, “to pull a Prize with F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the apartheid branch from a tree,” which, of course, is something only a government of South Africa. troublemaker would do. It was his teacher, Miss Mdingane, who gave him the English name “Nelson”. 7. Stevie wondeR dediCaTed His 1985 osCaR foR “i JusT Called To say i love you” To “No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the Mandela. first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans After Stevie accepted his award in honour of Nelson Mandela, in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias the SABC banned Stevie’s music from the airways. It wasn’t of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my until Mandela was elected in 1994 that Stevie was finally new name was Nelson. Why this particular name, I have no allowed back in South Africa. idea.” – Mandela, 1994. 8. Mandela ouTlived His Two eldesT sons. 2. Mandela was exPelled fRoM univeRsiTy Mandela had six children, but tragically lost his two eldest afTeR less THan a yeaR. sons. Thembi Mandela died in a car crash at age 25. After finishing boarding school, Mandela attended Fort Mandela was in prison at the time of the death and was Hare Missionary College. Less than 12 months later, he unable to attend the funeral. Makgatho Mandela died of was expelled from college after he helped organise a strike AIDS in 2005 at age 54. against the white colonial rule at the college. 9. Mandela Ran away fRoM HoMe aT aGe of 19. 3. THe uniTed naTions deClaRed His biRTHday When his guardian tried to arrange a marriage, Mandela ran as Mandela day. away from home in 1941 and headed to Johannesburg. He In 2009, the U.N. declared Mandela’s birthday, July 18, as began to work as a night watchman at Crown Mines, but Mandela Day to mark his contribution to world freedom. The was fired after it was discovered that was a runaway. day encourages individuals to take action to help change 10 THINGS YOU PROBABLY the world for the better through volunteering and community 10. Mandela sPenT His fiRsT niGHT afTeR beinG service. The holiday calls on individuals to donate 67 minutes fReed fRoM PRison in aRCHbisHoP eMeRiTus to doing something for others, reflecting the 67 years that desMond TuTu’s HoMe. Mandela was part of the anti-apartheid movement. Tutu asked his helpers prepare his own favourite meal of DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT chicken curry, rice and green salad, followed by rum raisin 4. Mandela is ofTen RefeRRed To as Madiba, ice cream and custard, in honour of Mandela’s release. His xHosa Clan naMe. Mandela is a member of the AbaThembu clan, and is often Sources: http://afkinsider.com NELSON MANDELA referred to by his clan name, Madiba.