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The CCMA has ruled that a group of former Dippin Blu Racing horse grooms from Port Elizabeth are entitled to claim unemployment benefits. File imageImage: Mkhuseli Sizani/GroundUp

PE horse grooms can claim UIF, rules CCMA

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled that a group of former Dippin Blu Racing horse groomers from Port Elizabeth are entitled to claim unemployment benefits. Representing the former grooms on Friday,…

The CCMA has ruled that a group of former Dippin Blu Racing horse grooms from Port Elizabeth are entitled to claim unemployment benefits. File imageImage: Mkhuseli Sizani/GroundUp

Grooms and stable owners head to CCMA

The struggling racing industry is beset with labour conflict On Friday former horse grooms from Dippin Blu Racing head to the CCMA. If they can show they were fired they will receive UIF payments. The struggling race horse industry has…

Protest organizer Monique van der Berg said the gathering was a vigil and silent memorial for a horse who died following violent protests at the racing track in Greenbushes on Thursday morning.Image: Devon Koen

Police disperse peaceful protest at Fairview Racecourse

A peaceful protest at Fairview Racecourse on Saturday afternoon by irate Nelson Mandela Bay residents was quickly dispersed after police threatened to arrest protesters. Protest organizer Monique van der Berg said the gathering was a…

Police are investigating the hijacking of a truck and the theft of six pallets of painkillers in Port Elizabeth early on Wednesday.Image: ELVIS NTOMBELA

Police issue warning against planned protest at Fairview Racecourse

Port Elizabeth police have issued a stern warning advising residents not to participate in an alleged planned protest at Fairview Racecourse at 3pm today. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said police were made aware of the…

Some of the former employees of Dippin Blu Racing in Fairview, Port Elizabeth, who stormed the stables during a recent protest. File imageImage: Mkhuseli Sizani

‘They stabbed and stoned my horses’: Fairview stable owner in PE

The owners of Dippin Blu Racing in Fairview, Port Elizabeth, are considering legal action against a group of its former grooms who stormed the stables in protest on Thursday, allegedly killing one horse and injuring more than 20 others.…

On Thursday morning at around 6am, staff at the Fairview racecourse in Port Elizabeth began a violent protest that culminated in the slaughter of a horse and others being wounded.Image: Annelisa Swana

Protest leading to hacking of horse has been simmering for months

The International Racing Club has called the incident at the Fairview racecourse in Port Elizabeth a “low day in SA history for horse racing”. On Thursday morning about 6am staff began a violent protest at the racecourse which culminated…

DRAMA AT FAIRVIEW: Six horses have been recovered and brought back to the stables at Fairview racecourseImage: DEVON KOEN

WATCH: Protesters let loose 28 horses from Fairview holding stables

Police have confirmed that 28 horses were let loose from the holding stables at Fairview racecourse at about 6am on Thursday by angry protesters. Six horses have been recovered and brought back to the stables at the racecourse. Police…

Horses slaughtered as racecourse labourers feud

Horses have been slaughtered with pangas as a protest allegedly over UIF non-payment rages at the Fairview racecourse in Port Elizabeth on Thursday morning. Details are sketchy at the moment but according to witness Nikki Durrant, who is…