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.
Six Gauteng health workers fired for theft of medicine, misconduct
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The Citizen reports that the Gauteng Department of Health said on Tuesday it has fired six officials for various transgressions.
Twenty-five treated after inhaling dangerous gas at Polokwane company
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EWN and ANN7 report that emergency services in Limpopo on Tuesday treated 25 people who came into contact with formaldehyde gas at a manufacturing company in Polokwane.
Two miners missing at Implats Rustenburg shaft after ‘fall of ground’
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Miningmx reports that two employees were missing on Tuesday night at a Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) shaft in Rustenburg following a fall of ground.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 17 May 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Roundup of labour news on 17 May 2016
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In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Monday, 16 May 2016.
Sadtu mulls action over jobs-for-cash report claims
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BDLive reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is on the back foot after the damning findings of the final "jobs for cash" report were leaked.
Sadtu demands new way of allocating teachers to schools
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TMG Digital reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is demanding the scrapping of a system through which teachers are allocated to schools on the basis of the number of pupils registered.
KwaZulu-Natal government fights to curb performance bonus payments
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BDLive reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government is involved in a tussle with public sector unions in the province over its proposal to halt payment of performance bonuses in a move intended to cut expenditure.
Numsa welcomes silicosis and Aurora judgments affecting mineworkers
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TMG Digital reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has applauded what it calls two historic court rulings in favour of “super-exploited mineworkers”.
Sactwu and City of Cape Town locked in court battle over Good Hope Centre
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News24 reports that the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) and the City of Cape Town are locked in a court battle over the future of the centrally located Good Hope Centre.
Nehawu ‘not using proper channels’ to resolve labour disputes at Parliament
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EWN reports that Parliament’s management says the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) is not using the proper channels to resolve labour disputes.
Limpopo staves off doctors’ strike over work conditions and lack of equipment
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TimesLive reports that Limpopo health officials have staved off a strike by doctors unhappy about work conditions and lack of equipment.
Rasimone Platinum mineworker succumbs to injuries
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ANA reports that Royal Bafokeng Platinum on Monday announced that a mineworker who was injured last week during a mining accident at its Rasimone Platinum Mine in Rustenburg has since died.
Amcu to start consultations with members on platinum pay demands
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Reuters reports that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will on Thursday begin meetings to decide on pay demands for platinum producers as wage talks loom.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 16 May 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 16 May 2016
Roundup of labour news on 16 May 2016
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In our Monday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 13 May 2016.
Uneasy calm at Richards Bay Minerals’ mine after violent protests over jobs
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City Press reports that an uneasy sense of calm has returned to Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) mine on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, which resumed operations this week after violent community protests forced a shutdown last week.
Lily Mine’s business rescue practitioner aims to get operations restarted
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BDLive reports that Lily Mine’s business rescue practitioner, Rob Devereux, says a plan for the mine will be delivered on Monday, including the development of a new shaft to restore operations and help recovery efforts for trapped mine workers.
FMF challenge to collective bargaining law racist, says Numsa’s Irvin Jim
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Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), comments on the recent high court ruling that dismissed the Free Market Foundation’s (FMF’s) challenge to section 32 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA).
Aurora directors lose appeal application and must pay up
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City Press reports that last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) turned down a request by the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems for leave to appeal a judgment ruling them negligent.
Bill to reform garnishee order abuses submitted to Parliament
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The New Age reports that a Bill that, if passed, will protect the public from shoddy garnishee orders was formally tabled in Parliament on Friday.
Nearly 50% decline in graduates from SAPS training academics over past four years
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TMG Digital reports that a parliamentary reply to a Democratic Alliance (DA) question has revealed that almost half as many new police officers came out of SAPS training academies into active service in the previous financial year compared to four years ago.
Judge Motata may have earned R13m over 10 years while on special leave
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The Star reports that after nearly 10 years of being suspended from the Bench, it is unclear whether Judge Nkola Motata is still getting paid or not.
Silicosis case will put the gold mining sector on trial
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Franny Rabkin writes that the High Court in Johannesburg’s certification on Friday of the silicosis class action was only the first step on a very long road to compensation for mine workers suffering the debilitating effects of silicosis and tuberculosis (TB).
Samwu cries foul over new Nelson Mandela Bay Metro police force
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eNCA reports that the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality finally has its own metro police force, seven years after the plan was first mooted, but the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) is crying foul, saying it wasn't consulted.
Unions complain about political interference in public service disciplinary cases
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SowetanLive reports that six unions representing members in the public service have complained about political interference in disciplinary cases in the civil service.
Eastern Cape pensioners continue their protest outside Parliament
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DispatchLive reports that Saturday marked 26 days since a group of more than 130 Eastern Cape pensioners, some in their 90s, commenced protest action outside Parliament in Cape Town.
Nehawu accused of conspiring to destabilise national legislature
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EWN reports that Parliament has accused the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) of leading a political campaign to destabilise the national legislature.
City of Joburg takes full responsibility for two firefighters’ deaths in 2015
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News24 reports that the City of Johannesburg on Sunday released a report into the deaths of two of its firefighters who died in May 2015 at an inferno at the Nedbank Building in the CBD.
Race row hits Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council
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Business Times reports that a behind-the-scenes plan by an employer association to oust the general secretary of the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) has been described as an attempt to topple a black man in charge.