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.
News24 reports that a security guard sustained critical injuries after protesting workers set fire to a building in Boksburg on Friday.
Business Report writes that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) has noted with deep concern results of the latest study by the Ipsos Research Institute on the rise in illicit trade of cigarettes.
City Press writes that the desire by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to bring the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) back into the fold of labour federation Cosatu has hit a snag.
News24 reports that two teachers in Mpumalanga have been arrested for allegedly landing their jobs by using fake qualifications.
BusinessLive reports that Lonmin executives said on Wednesday with publication of its annual results for likely that last time that the world’s third-largest platinum producer had reached the end of the road.
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Thursday, 29 November 2018.
GroundUp reports that about 40 members of the Masibonisane Security and Cleaners’ Forum marched to Parliament on Wednesday.
Business Report writes that CareerJunction has released its 2018 salary review, which explores average salary offerings across South Africa’s top 10 sectors.
ANA reports that the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) on Wednesday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently intervene in the ongoing mortuary strike in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), which has affected many families.
Cape Argus reports that City of Cape Town law enforcement officers have threatened to refuse to work overtime from 1 December, which could leave beaches, several public roads and parks open to lawlessness and antisocial behaviour during the festive season.
BusinessLive reports that the Companies Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) to process the appointment of a business rescue practitioner for the Guptas’ embattled Shiva Uranium.
GroundUp reports on the case of 14 Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) security guards arrested late October for allegedly tying up fellow security guards and attempting to steal vehicles at the company's head office in Pretoria.
Business Report writes that Trade and Industry Minister confirmed this week that his department’s vision was to develop a master plan to create 60,000 additional jobs in the clothing and textile and footwear and leather retail value chain.
ANA reports that the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) on Wednesday said employees and unions had been consulted about the new business process engineering (BPR) process and they were assured the changes would not result in job losses.
The Citizen reports that the University of SA (Unisa) has obtained an urgent interdict to stop a student leader and former temporary workers from participating in protest action, carrying weapons of any kind, taking hostages or disrupting university activities.
News24 reports that three Tshwane Emergency Services paramedics were robbed at gunpoint while attending to a patient in the back of a City ambulance in Soshanguve (Block GG) over the weekend.
TimesLive reports that grieving families can call a hotline to determine the progress of autopsies on the bodies of relatives while a go-slow continues at the Fort Napier medico legal mortuary in KwaZulu-Natal.
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Wednesday, 28 November 2018.
Mining Weekly reports that Gold Fields says the settlement agreement offered to striking workers will expire at 17:00 on Friday, 30 November and has warned that no further “sweetener deals” will be introduced should the deadline lapse.
Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater on Wednesday reported that acts of violence continued to be experienced at its SA gold operations, where a strike by Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) members was underway.
The Mercury reports that the number of students training to be teachers at tertiary institutions in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) should be reduced because there is an “oversupply” in the province.
IOL News reports that former SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has slammed a bid by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to recover more than R21.7 million from him for illegal appointments and dismissals at the public broadcaster.
Fin24 reports that Gold Fields has presented a new offer to the National Union of Mineworkers in an attempt to end the union’s almost four-week strike at South Deep against retrenchments, but a union official says it is unlikely to be accepted.
EWN reports that the board and top management of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have been told to carry out skills and salary audits before pressing ahead with plans to cut jobs at the public broadcaster. The SABC is technically insolvent.
EWN reports that the North West Health Department has suspended four employees for allegedly vandalising property at the provincial offices in Mahikeng.
TimesLive reports that workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg on Monday and Tuesday, turning away families who had come to fetch the bodies of loved ones.
BusinessLive reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) dealt a major blow to its affiliate the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) on Tuesday, by rejecting its newly registered Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP).
BusinessLive reports that according to Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor, misrepresentation of qualifications was a major concern in the public and private sectors.
BusinessLive reports that Omnia, a provider of specialised chemical products and services, is to cut 125 jobs, or 15% of the jobs, in its chemicals business.
BusinessLive reports that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on Tuesday warned that Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) colleges should brace themselves for a wave in January of last minute, “walk-in” applications for places.