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.
‘Ghost’ soldier causes panic after infiltrating SANDF
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City Press reports that the alleged infiltration of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) by a “rogue” soldier is being investigated by army intelligence services and the police.
Public Servants Association tells PIC to sell its Eskom debt as it poses big risk to government pensioners
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Bloomberg reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA), whose members contribute most to the funds overseen by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), wants the fund manager to stop investing in the debt of Eskom.
DA calls for provincial government to address attacks on trucks in KZN
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ANA reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday called on KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) transport and community safety member of the executive council (MEC), Mxolisi Kaunda, to take urgent steps to ensure the safety of province’s road users as attacks on trucks and truck drivers continued.
CEO who pledged R100,000 cash for charity if he could not fix SAA resigns
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TimesLIVE reports that the South African Airways (SAA) board has accepted the resignation of Vuyani Jarana, group chief executive officer.
Rock burst claims female employee’s life at South Deep gold mine
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Mining Weekly reports that following a series of four seismic events in quick succession on Sunday, a 38-year-old female trackless crew leader was killed after being struck by a rock ejected from the rock face of Gold Fields’ South Deep mine.
UIF says uFiling to be fixed by July
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City Press reports that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has promised that the month-long delays and endless frustration caused by problems with the availability of the electronic uFiling system should be ironed out soon.
Report recommends major shake-up for law degree following concerns about poor quality of graduates
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The Star reports that the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme as taught at SA universities is headed for a major revamp after many institutions were found to be doing a shoddy job on aspects such as critical thinking.
Volvo shifts parental leave up to another gear
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Sunday Tribune reports that vehicle manufacturer Volvo’s paid gender-neutral parental leave policy that was recently launched in SA has been described as a “progressive” step towards gender equity in the workplace.
New public service minister Senzo Mchunu to persevere with cutting of government wage bill
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The Sunday Independent reports that Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu has indicated that he would stick to the government programme of trimming the public service and cutting the wage bill.
On Sunday, yet more train carriages burn in Cape Town, no injuries reported
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TimesLIVE reports that several train carriages were burnt in a fire that started at a Transnet engineering yard in Maitland, Cape Town, on Sunday.
Rail service back on track on Monday after Mamelodi crash on Saturday left 57 injured
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ANA reports that a collision involving a passenger train and a tamping machine in Mamelodi on Saturday night affected the service between Pienaarspoort and Pretoria.
Nurse, security guard and two doctors implicated in tying 76-year-old to hospital bench placed on special leave
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TimesLIVE reports that a nurse, a security guard and two doctors implicated in tying 76-year-old Martha Marais to a bench at Mamelodi hospital have been put on special leave.
Truck driver who was petrol-bombed while resting at the side of N1 fights for his life
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TimesLIVE reports that a truck driver was chased by attackers after they petrol bombed his vehicle while he was resting on the side of the N1 highway near Touws River in the Western Cape.
Tongaat multimillion-rand executive bonuses ‘paid on basis of inflated profit’
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BL Premium reports that a former long-term investor in Tongaat said on Sunday that the sugar producer’s previous management should return multimillion-rand cash bonuses paid on the basis of allegedly inflated profits.
New labour and employment minister Thulas Nxesi ‘set up for failure’ in Herculean task to end joblessness
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BL Premium writes that the prospects of newly appointed labour and employment minister Thulas Nxesi creating much needed jobs are near impossible, according to analysts.
Roundup on Monday, 3 June 2019 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend news, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related stories that appeared since
Friday, 31 May 2019.
CEO of SAA resigns, the second head of a state-owned enterprise to quit in two weeks
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BusinessLive reports that SA Airways (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jarana has become the second head of a major state-owned enterprise to jump ship in as many weeks.
Lindsay Saker manager ‘set up’ with fake racist messages about staff members on WhatsApp
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News24 report that a service manager at the Lindsay Saker Kempton Park branch has allegedly become the victim of cyberbullying in "fabricated" WhatsApp messages.
Quick-thinking colleagues save Pretoria man trapped in trench, but another worker killed
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News24 reports that quick-thinking workers saved the life of a colleague when a trench he was digging collapsed on him in Pretoria on Friday.
Bedfordview licensing staffer sacked after 'you white people' racial rant goes viral
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News24 reports that the City of Ekurhuleni has fired a staffer filmed making "egregious racist remarks" against a client.
‘Strike violence too easily tolerated as the norm and must be outlawed’
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Neil Coetzer, partner at Cowan-Harper-Madikizela Attorneys and research fellow at the University of the Free State, writes that the recent strike at Sibanye once again highlighted the sorry state of SA’s industrial relations.
Two Limpopo prison officials arrested by Hawks for tender corruption
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TimesLIVE reports that the Hawks have arrested two correctional services officials in Limpopo in connection with tender irregularities.
Petrol attendant lauded for lending woman R100 for petrol, big crowdfunding response in thanks
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News24 reports that a petrol attendant has received wide praise after he lent a woman R100 for petrol.
New Department of Labour and Employment to 'actively focus on jobs'
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Fin24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated on Wednesday evening at his new Cabinet announcement that the labour department would be expanded to focus on employment.
Two former Ekurhuleni officials and a businessman convicted of defrauding municipality of R21.8m
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News24 reports that a businessman, two former Ekurhuleni city council officials and their two companies have been convicted of corruption, money laundering and defrauding the municipality of R21.8m in 2007.
Harmony Gold electrical engineering staffer killed in accident
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News24 reports that a Harmony Gold employee was killed in an accident at the company's Phakisa operation in Odendaalsrus, Free State, the company said on Thursday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 30 May 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, 30 May 2019.
Traffic cop gets six-year jail term for R200 bribe
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ANA reports that former national traffic officer Rodney Dakalo Ramusia, aged 29, has been sentenced to six years in jail for corruption by the Mokopane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo.
Nehawu warns new Cabinet against cutting government employee jobs
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ANA reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has cautioned against job losses as a result of the appointment of a reduced Cabinet, saying that these measures must not lead to budget cuts in terms of the existing programmes.
Minister who tried to cover up Nkandla at helm of newly named Department of Employment and Labour
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Business Insider SA reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday that unemployment was such a critical issue that he was renaming the Department of Labour as the Department of Employment and Labour.