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.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 21 November 2019
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Thursday, 21 November 2019.
CEO of Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (Misa) arrested on Thursday
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BusinessLive reports that Ntandazo Vimba, CEO of the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (Misa), was arrested by the Hawks on Thursday morning.
Steel industry’s woes have left a trail of job losses, but prospects of increased intra-African trade exist
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Financial Mail writes that low domestic demand and a depressed global market are taking their toll on SA’s steel sector — and no easy answers seem on hand to offer relief. Steel’s woes have left a trail of job losses.
Cabinet backs new Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter
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Fin24 reports that according to Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, new Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter will bring significant international experience and turnaround skills necessary to carry out interventions at Eskom.
Cellphone under 14-year old pupil’s pillow leads to Mpumalanga teacher's arrest for sexual grooming
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TimesLIVE reports that a 30-year-old Mpumalanga teacher is behind bars for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old pupil.
Solidarity requests court to put SAA in business rescue
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BusinessLive reports that trade union Solidarity lodged court papers on Thursday requesting that South African Airways (SAA) be placed in business rescue. The Companies Act allows trade unions to bring such an application.
Talks continuing on Thursday at CCMA to break deadlock between unions and SAA
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TimesLIVE reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) were on Thursday still engaged in wage talks with South African Airways (SAA).
SAA running out of cash and could miss salary payments this month, even as unions seek to expand strike
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Reuters reports that South African Airways (SAA) has nearly no cash left and might miss salary payments this month, even as a crippling six-day strike has pushed the state-owned airline to the brink of financial collapse.
Following fatal 2018 fire, Bank of Lisbon building in Joburg CBD to be demolished on Sunday
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News24 reports that a Johannesburg building, in which a blaze claimed the lives of three firemen in September 2018, will soon be no more.
Popcru CEO in court on Wednesday over allegations of conspiracy to kill senior union members
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News24 reports that Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) Chief Executive Officer, Zwelinkosi Reuben Mdletshe, and another man appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on allegations of conspiring to kill senior Popcru members.
Bogus medical student working at Mamelodi Hospital caught out after fallout with friend
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News24 reports that a 24-year-old man posing as a medical student and working at Mamelodi Hospital was only caught out after his friend snitched on him following a fallout.
Pravin Gordhan says he will ‘interfere’ if Eskom jobs are threatened
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Mining Weekly reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has refuted suggestions that government was interfering with the work of boards and executives at State-owned companies, such as Eskom, but has also indicated that he will not stand by should decisions be made that lead to significant job losses.
Numsa warns of ‘no retreat’ as Air Chefs set to join deadlocked SAA strike
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BusinessLive reports that a secondary strike that could affect airline catering is on the cards, as talks between unions and South African Airways (SAA) remained deadlocked on Wednesday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Wednesday, 20 November 2019.
Government reduces administrative burden on applicants for state jobs
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BusinessTech reports that all government departments and their components have been directed to stop the practice of requiring certified copies of documents not older than three months to accompany applications for employment.
Air Chefs set to join industrial action at SAA in secondary strike
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TimesLIVE reports that a secondary strike that could have an impact on catering in the aviation sector is on the cards, as talks between unions and South African Airways (SAA) remained deadlocked on Wednesday.
As labour department’s jewel in the crown, the CCMA shines as it exceeds expectations
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In a letter to the editor, MP and well-known labour analyst and lawyer Michael Bagraim writes that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has performed beyond expectation.
Cabinet ministers and deputies fail to pay R1,200-a-month subsidised rentals
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BusinessLive reports that cabinet ministers and their deputies, who each earn up to R2.4m a year and are tasked with driving the government’s user-pay principle, are failing to keep up with relatively cheap rentals for their lavish ministerial homes.
Consumer inflation slowed to 3.7% in October, its lowest level in eight years
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BusinessLive reports that Statistics SA advised on Wednesday that consumer inflation slid lower in October, reaching its lowest level in eight years.
Prasa’s early termination of security contracts ‘put rail passenger safety at risk’
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GroundUp reports that three security companies have won a court application against the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) in which they argued that the early termination of their contracts, without the finalisation of an alternative contract, put passenger safety at risk.
Pravin Gordhan tells SAA strikers there is no more money to meet 8% pay demand
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BL Premium reports that public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has told striking unions at the cash-strapped national carrier South African Airways (SAA) that there is no money to meet their demand for an 8% across-the-board pay increase.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Tuesday, 19 November 2019.
NPA advocate killed in freak shooting accident at court
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The Mercury reports that a senior advocate was shot during a freak accident at the Umzimkhulu regional court on Monday afternoon.
Prominent Popcru leader arrested for alleged murder, kidnapping plot
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News24 reports that according to the Hawks, a prominent Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) executive and his alleged accomplice have been arrested in connection with a conspiracy to kidnap and murder senior Popcru officials.
Ga-Rankuwa Industrial Park security officers shut offices over non-payment of salaries
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Pretoria News reports that on Tuesday morning Ga-Rankuwa Industrial Park security officers downed tools and shut down the offices of the company in charge of the industrial area over non-payment.
‘Numsa’s wage demands at SAA are a side order on a bigger menu’
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Carol Paton writes that it is already a widely held view that the strike at SAA is about more than the airline itself.
Unions meeting with Gordhan on Tuesday as SAA strike enters fifth day
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News24Wire reports that striking unions at South African Airways (SAA) were meeting with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan in Pretoria on Tuesday, as a strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association entered its fifth day.
Home Affairs introduces new Lesotho exemption permit to replace special permit
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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Home Affairs has opened the application process for the new Lesotho exemption permit to replace the special permit it has been issuing to Basotho nationals.
Surprise new Eskom CEO announced
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BL Premium reports that Andre de Ruyter, CEO of packaging group Nampak, has been appointed Eskom CEO, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Monday.
Two bus drivers shot dead in a week in KwaZulu-Natal
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TimesLIVE reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has expressed dismay at the death of a bus driver, who was shot dead on Sunday night.