In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Tuesday, 13 September 2016.
57 miners at Thusi Coal Mine staging sit-in have resurfaced SABC News reports that the 57 miners who staged a sit-in underground at the Thusi Coal Mine in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, over salaries have resurfaced. Apparently they were not paid salaries for three months. Zama zamas find miners’ bodies at Langlaagte shaft TMG Digital/Sowetan reports that the bodies of two illegal miners were located underground at the disused Langlaagte mine in Johannesburg by a team of their fellow illegal miners. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Numsa drops demands for one-year retail motor deal and mega council Business Report writes that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has dropped two demands that were major stumbling blocks to a new wage agreement with the retail motor industry.
Table Mountain Cableway warns of possible wage strike disruption Traveller24 reports that annual salary negotiations may disrupt services to one of Cape Town's most visited attractions, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has warned.
Cape Town EMS staff to march against crime on Wednesday News24 reports that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in Cape Town were due to march on Wednesday against targeted attacks on them while they are on duty. Angry Samwu refuse collectors besiege Nelson Mandela Bay city hall RNews reports that a SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu)-led picket laid siege to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro City Hall on Tuesday as the waste management workers demanded back-pay for overtime and bonuses.
MEC seeks answers about the reasons for KZN nursing exodus ANA reports that KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial hospital and clinic managers have been told to interview staff members who resign in a bid to learn why there has been an “exodus” of nurses. KZN conman selling school jobs for R7,000 Daily News reports that a man posing as a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Education official has been fraudulently luring teachers and administration workers to pay as much as R7,000 for bogus employment.
New business, government partnership to boost youth jobs to be announced soon TimesLive reports that a new business and government partnership to help young people get a job for a year will be announced within the next few weeks. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
With 760 guards unpaid, another court orders Prasa to pay security companies News24 the Passenger Rail Agency of SA’s (Prasa’s) troubles mounted on Tuesday after the Western Cape High Court ordered it to pay the R7.3m it owes two companies for security services by the end of business on Tuesday.
Low, deteriorating marks for SA’s maths and English teachers BDLive reports that a new report has found that teachers in SA are getting worse and continue to fare poorly in proficiency in the key subjects of English and maths. 'No benefits' to annual evaluations of skills of pupils, says Sadtu Western Cape Cape Argus reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union in the Western Cape has called for a boycott of the provincial education department’s annual language and maths skills tests for pupils, saying children were being over-tested. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
New launch date of April for Nelson Mandela Bay bus system HeraldLive reports that the roll-out of Nelson Mandela Bay’s long-awaited bus system has hit another snag, with the municipality now targeting April as its new launch date to finally have the buses on the road.
Cosatu warns of border management bill’s threats to 10,000 jobs BDLive reports that trade union federation Cosatu on Tuesday objected to the threats posed to about 10,000 public service jobs by the Border Management Authority Bill.
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