Today's Labour News
This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
Numsa demands safety investigation at ArcelorMittal SA
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Business Report writes that workers at ArcelorMittal SA in Vanderbijlpark are demanding that the company should take the health and safety of its workers seriously.
Poverty led to Marikana tragedy, says North West premier Mahumapelo
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ANA reports that North West premier Supra Mahumapelo said on Sunday that poverty was the root cause of the Marikana tragedy four years ago.
Nineteen rescued carrier crew members on way to Cape Town after ship floods
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News24 reports that nineteen crew members rescued from a Greek bulk carrier, which flooded following a fire at sea, are to arrive in Cape Town harbour on Monday.
Relative allegedly broke into mine manager's house before killing him
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Netwerk24 reports that the man arrested for the murder of Bertie Cilliers, manager at the Tumela platinum mine in Amandelbult, on a smallholding near Thabazimbi is a relative who allegedly broke into his house several times over the past few months.
Racial quotas in appointment of insolvency practitioners ruled unconstitutional
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BusinessLive reports that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled racial quotas for the appointment of insolvency practitioners are unconstitutional and irrational.
Where are cops when trains are set alight, asks transport union
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ANA reports that the United National Transport Union (Untu) says that police must explain why criminals destroying transport infrastructure are not being arrested for malicious damage to property and brought before the courts.
Illegal strike costs 200 Mpumalanga municipal workers their jobs
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News24 reports that the Msukaligwa Local Municipality (Ermelo) in Mpumalanga has terminated the contracts of over 200 employees for taking part in an illegal strike.
I’m not Zuma’s puppet, says Cosatu’s S’dumo Dlamini
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Sunday Independent reports that trade union federation Cosatu - led by its president, S’dumo Dlamini - will engage the ANC following the governing party’s heated meeting that debated calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down.
National minimum wage proposal in line with similar economies
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An international comparison with 31 other developing countries by Business Day shows the proposed national minimum wage (NMW) announced in November places SA in the same range as many other emerging economies.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 3 & 4 December 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 3 December and Sunday, 4 December 2016
Board of inquiry finds Phiyega ‘unfit for office’
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City Press reports that it has leant that the board of inquiry into suspended National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office has found that she is not fit to hold office and should be dismissed.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 2 December 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 2 December 2016
Roundup of labour news on Friday, 2 December 2016
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In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 1 December 2016.
New local liability cover for doctors may solve exodus from high-risk professions
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Business Report writes that, in the face of rocketing premiums for medical liability cover, an insurer has developed SA’s first home-grown medical indemnity insurance product.
Students warned against bogus colleges and unaccredited programmes
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Cape Talk writes that matriculants are urged to be vigilant when considering their choice of tertiary institutions because many private colleges are operating illegally.
Top cop Phahlane releases report showing Popcru allegations ‘untrue’
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The Citizen reports that a range of allegations by police members against acting national police commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane have been found to be untrue.
Two-hour commute between Joburg and Pretoria on its way, warns Sanral
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The Citizen reports that the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) says that unless it solves its funding problem caused by the widespread e-tolls boycott, things are going to get a whole lot worse with the commute between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Sasol appoints new HR executive
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Engineering News reports that Charlotte Mokoena has been appointed Sasol human resources (HR) and corporate affairs executive VP, effective from 1 February 2017.
Ekurhuleni Metro trains 200 unemployed youths as firefighters
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Caxton News Service reports that Ekurhuleni Metro’s Community Safety MMC Vivien Chauke has launched the intake programme of 50 firefighters who will be trained in Boksburg for the next year.
No sign of an investor for Lily Mine, says Solidarity
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Netwerk24 reports that Solidarity said on Thursday that the time had come for the Lily Mine business rescue practitioner (BRP) and mine management to put their cards on the table with regard to their workers, the trade union and the media.
Alleged cop killer back in Cape Town court on Friday
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News24 reports that a teenager who allegedly shot dead a police constable and wounded a second officer, is expected back in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Friday.
Cape Town Hawks continue working in unsafe, cockroach-infested offices
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News24 reports that the Western Cape Hawks will probably have to work in squalor for quite some time - even though the health department has declared the building from which they operate unsafe.
NUM welcomes Koko’s appointment as Eskom boss
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ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday welcomed the appointment of Matshela Koko as an acting group chief executive of Eskom.
Gauteng community health workers boo Ramaphosa at World Aids Day event
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eNCA reports that Gauteng Community Health Workers (CHWs) used a World Aids event on Thursday to air their frustrations with authorities when they booed Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Probe into FSB cancellation of ‘orphan’ pension funds ‘inadequate’
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BusinessLive reports that the High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday that alleged irregularities surrounding the Financial Services Board’s (FSB’s) cancellations of thousands of fund registrations deserved a "better and bigger" investigation.
Auction of hotel and spa closes Fidentia's final chapter
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Philani Nombembe reports that bidders on Thursday spent R39-million on a rundown hotel and spa in the Cape Winelands in the final chapter of the Fidentia fraud case that unravelled almost a decade ago.
Job losses loom in local poultry industry due to imports
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Business Report writes that Rainbow Chicken Limited (RCL) on Thursday announced it was going to cut production at its Hammersdale facility by half in a move that would lead to job losses in the poultry industry.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 1 December 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 1 December 2016
Porsche to open technician training centre in Cape Town
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Engineering News reports that German sports car manufacturer Porsche will, from the middle of next year, train 75 young South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds as service technicians at its new Porsche Training and Recruitment Centre, in Cape Town.
Roundup of labour news on Thursday, 1 December 2016
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In our Thursday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.