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.
Double digit electricity price rise will devastate gold sector, Sibanye-Stillwater warns
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Bloomberg reports that Sibanye-Stillwater says a double-digit electricity price increase undermines the viability of SA’s gold industry. The power regulator on Thursday approved an effective 13.8% hike in tariffs by state-owned power utility Eskom.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 7 March 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, 7 March 2019.
M2 closure raises fears of job losses due to late-coming for work
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SowetanLive report that an East Rand commuter, who has already had two written warnings in under a week, fears losing her job because of being late for work due to the peak-hour gridlock caused by the closure of parts of the M2 highway.
Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp gets interdict banning striking staff from disrupting services
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Sowetan reports that nurses, doctors and other workers at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp have been interdicted from disrupting operations at the facility, which had been shut down for the past three days.
Golden Arrow offers R50,000 reward after passengers robbed at gunpoint
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Cape Times reports that Golden Arrow Bus Service in Cape Town has offered a R50,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the three men who robbed passengers at gunpoint on a bus travelling from Claremont to Mitchells Plain.
Executive director received double salary payments of over R1.3m from both Joburg and Tshwane for four months
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The Star reports that an executive director pocketed over R1.3 million in a suspected double salary payment scandal from the City of Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane for four months following an alleged “fraudulent and improper” appointment.
Sanef condemns EFF after Malema's tweet results in insults and rape threats against journalist
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News24 reports that the EFF and its top leadership has come under fire after veteran journalist Karima Brown was verbally abused and received threatening messages after her cellphone number was published on Twitter.
Two construction workers killed as truck crashes into them during road works on R60 in Western Cape
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News24 reports that two construction workers were killed when a truck crashed into a construction vehicle during road works in the Western Cape on Wednesday night.
Strike at Tiso Blackstar could disrupt Zondo Commission because both housed in same building
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Fin24 reports that the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture has been warned that its proceedings might be disrupted as from 14 March due to a planned strike by union members at media group Tiso Blackstar.
Share market shrugs off battle of wills between Sibanye and Amcu as gold strike nears four-month mark
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Miningmx reports that shares in Sibanye-Stillwater are nearly 72% higher since the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) started its strike at the company’s local gold mines on 25 November.
Staff at construction company Khato Civils on strike over retrenchments
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The Citizen reports that the employees in Polokwane and Hammanskraal of Midrand-based construction company Khato Civils have downed tools following management’s contentious move on Monday to retrench 92 employees.
Jobs Fund bears fruit with 220,000 sustainable jobs created to date, MPs told
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BusinessLive reports that the government's Jobs Fund is beginning to yield results and more than 220,000 sustainable jobs have been created to date, MPs heard on Tuesday.
As Absa embarks on ‘realignment’, 827 jobs potentially at risk
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Business Report writes that the Absa Group is restructuring its SA retail and business banking unit within months of reducing the division’s management team and rolling out a new strategy.
Cosatu slams Mantashe over mine deaths, echoes call to amend mine health and safety act to allow for prosecution of bosses
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Mining Weekly reports that trade union federation Cosatu has denounced Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe’s statement that bringing criminal charges against mining bosses for fatalities at mines would cripple the industry.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 6 March 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, 6 March 2019.
Petrol and diesel increase will have negative effect on economy, cautions Uasa
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ANA reports that the United Association of SA (Uasa) on Monday said the 74 cents per litre of petrol increase and almost R1 per litre of diesel increase that workers will pay as from Wednesday, combined with the increase in toll gate fees that came into effect on Friday, would have a negative effect on the economy.
PIC accused of rewarding corruption cover-ups with extra pay, bonuses
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Bloomberg reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) rewarded employees with extra pay and bonuses for helping to cover up a culture of mismanagement and corruption at the money manager, according to the former chief technology officer.
VWSA provides 560 work opportunities under the YES programme
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Engineering News reports that Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has created work opportunities for 560 unemployed youth through the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme, the company indicated in a statement on Tuesday.
Eastern Cape principal and head of department suspended for destroying exam papers of five pupils as punishment
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DispatchLIVE reports that an Eastern Cape school principal and his head of department have been suspended after admitting to destroying the examination papers of five pupils last year.
Soweto passengers lucky to survive burning taxi on Golden Highway as bystanders get them out
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TimesLIVE reports that a passenger in the front seat had to be hauled out of a burning taxi through the driver's shattered window on the Soweto Golden Highway, near Booysens, on Wednesday morning.
Pawusa lambasts waste of R40m on unaccredited DUT courses for mortuary staff
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Daily News reports that the Public and Allied Workers’ Union of SA (Pawusa) has lambasted the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health department for “wasting” about R40 million on an unaccredited course for mortuary technicians.
VUT pays director R4m golden handshake to go after feud with varsity head turned toxic
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Sowetan reports that the breakdown in relations between the vice-chancellor of the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) and a senior director has led to the latter walking away with a R4m settlement.
Nehawu not aware of interdict against strike at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital
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EWN reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) says it has not received notification of a court interdict to stop its action at the Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp.
Tiso Blackstar employees get CCMA nod to strike over non-payment of bonuses
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The Star reports that thousands of disgruntled Tiso Blackstar staff may soon embark on national strike action following a decision on Monday by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to grant them a certificate of non-resolution of a dispute.
Tshwane's Mayor Mokgalapa says he lacks the authority to remove city manager Mosola
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EWN reports that Tshwane’s new mayor Stevens Mokgalapa has defended Moeketsi Mosola remaining in his position as city manager, arguing that he lacks the powers to oust him.
Community health workers blockade entrances to Gauteng health department building in Pretoria on Tuesday
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GroundUp reports that on Tuesday Gauteng community health care workers blocked entrances to the Department of Health building on Thabo Sehume Street in Tshwane.
Domestic worker accused of stealing employer’s casino winnings denied bail
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The Citizen reports that a 34-year-old domestic worker, who was arrested following a theft at a home in Umhlatuzana, KwaZulu-Natal, has been denied bail.
Tshwane city manager Mosola ‘purges’ senior staff, including ‘Solly’s bodybuilder’
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The Citizen reports that Tshwane city manager Moeketsi Mosola faces accusations of purging senior staff in the mayor’s office after he fired two officials soon after Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa terminated the irregular GladAfrica contract.
Solidarity takes 'sports quota' case to the Labour Court
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TimesLIVE reports that Solidarity has indicated that on Wednesday it would ask that the Labour Court in Johannesburg to set aside the sport and recreation ministry's transformation charter.
Khulubuse back in talks with Pamodzi liquidators over R1.4bn owed, but ‘he may have lied’ about his assets
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BL Premium reports that Khulubuse Zuma, nephew of former president Jacob Zuma, is back in negotiations with the liquidators of the Pamodzi mining group to pay more than R1.4bn he personally owes to creditors.