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.
Financial sector regulator berates service providers for overcharging pension funds
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BusinessLive reports that most service providers, including lawyers and administrators, are overcharging retirement funds, endangering the ability of employees to retire with dignity, according to the industry regulator.
Gauteng MEC for transport to close several Soweto taxi ranks and routes because of violence
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News24 reports that Gauteng MEC for roads and transport, Ismail Vadi, has announced his intention to close Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (Nanduwe) and Witwatersrand Taxi Association (WATA) taxi ranks and routes in Soweto.
Parent who beat North West teacher with an umbrella gets R2,000 bail
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ANA reports that a 40-year-old woman, accused of beating a teacher with an umbrella “to teach her a lesson”, was granted bail at the Mankwe Magistrate Court in Mogwase on Tuesday.
KZN Growth Fund projects helped create 9,800 jobs over five years
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The Mercury writes that financial support of R1.1 billion has been provided to small and emerging businesses in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) by the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the past five years.
Sibanye-Stillwater withdraws Amcu “back to work offer”, union turns to courts over lay-offs
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Miningmx reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has withdrawn a back to work proposal it had offered to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) to end a strike at its gold operations.
Workers at Krugersdorp hospital vow to intensify their strike if ‘no work, no pay’ isn’t scrapped
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EWN reports that workers at the Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp say they will intensify their strike if management goes ahead and implements the ‘no work, no pay’ principle.
MMC, four directors at Midvaal municipality implicated in cash-for-jobs scandal
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EWN reports that a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) and four directors at the Midvaal Local Municipality, which is run by the Democratic Alliance (DA), have been implicated in a cash-for-jobs scandal.
Cosatu calls on Parliament to halt SABC board interviews
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EWN reports that Cosatu wants Parliament to halt its interviews of candidates for appointment to the board of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and has also threatened legal action.
Gwede Mantashe asks for police help to stop violence in local community at Sibanye mine
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Reuters reports that growing unrest at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations has left nine people dead since workers downed tools in November, prompting mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe to call on the police to step in and protect the local community.
CEO at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital concerned about strike, but says everything's under control
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EWN reports that Patrick Sofohlo, CEO of Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp, on Tuesday said he was concerned about the impact of the ongoing strike at the facility, but denied that it had reached crisis level.
Sibanye offers return to work proposal to Amcu, but no pay hike beyond what other unions accepted
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Miningmx reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has offered the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) a proposal to get its striking members back to work.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 4 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
Monday, 4 March 2019.
Deloitte finds that Bosasa did not fund SABC 8 media freedom campaign
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TimesLIVE reports that a forensic inquiry by Deloitte has found no evidence that any payment was made by Bosasa to the SABC 8 campaign in 2016.
ANC welcomes deal expected to save thousands of jobs at Edcon
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ANA reports that the African National Congress (ANC) on Monday expressed its relief that thousands of direct and indirect jobs had been saved after financially troubled retail group Edcon reached a deal with creditors.
Mantashe shrugs off Amcu demand to arrest mining bosses after fatalities
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Business Report writes that, with fewer employees having died across the country’s mines last year than the year before, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has shrugged off calls for the government to arrest mine bosses for fatalities
Restaurants Association warns of job cuts in wake of national minimum wage
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The Citizen reports that the Restaurants Association of SA (Rasa) has warned that implementation of the national minimum wage (NMW) would lead to job cuts and a net loss for the industry if mitigating measures were not put in place.
Hawks swoop in on owners, security guards at unregistered Sandton security company
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News24 reports that a collaborative swoop by the Hawks led to the arrest of 16 people who allegedly rendered security services without the required registration.
CWU concerned that labour has no shortlisted candidate for interviews to fill eight SABC board vacancies
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BusinessLive reports that the Communications Workers Union (CWU) has expressed concern about the shortlisting process for the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), indicating it was shocked to learn there was no labour candidate among the 24 names on the shortlist.
Mining industry making progress in tackling crippling TB epidemic, HIV
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Fin24 reports that SA’s mining industry recorded a 3% decrease in the total number of occupational diseases reported nationally for 2017 compared with the previous year.
Cosatu decides not to withdraw backing for ANC in May general election
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City Press reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has been given a reprieve by labour federation Cosatu, which has decided not to change its national congress resolution and will continue backing the ANC in the general election on 8 May.
Black Management Forum applauds De Beers MD appointment
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ANA reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) said on Thursday it was pleased with the appointment of Nompumelelo Zikalala as managing director for diamond producer De Beers’s group-managed operations.
SA's chicken sector could create 30,000 new jobs, if government banned imports
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Sunday Tribune writes that more than 30,000 much-needed jobs could be created if the government blocked chicken imports. That is according to the SA Poultry Association (Sapa), which believes the scrapping of imports would end the crisis in the local chicken industry.
Dismissals, resignations as Mugg & Bean cleans up its act after investigations
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The Citizen reports that a Mugg & Bean franchise has fired three staff members, believed to be immigrants, for failing to provide documents for their employment.
Virtual reality emerging as a tool for mainstream skills-development
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Engineering News reports that virtual reality (VR) has hitherto been primarily associated with the gaming industry, but as rates of digital penetration rise and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) increases the demand for new skill sets, the technology is also becoming a mainstream business and skills-development tool.
ANC reiterates commitment to adopt own in-house sexual harassment policy
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News24 reports that the ANC says it may not have an in-house sexual harassment policy just yet, but it has ensured that the public is protected from unwanted sexual advances at work through the Labour Relations Act.
Roundup on Monday, 4 March 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, 1 March 2019.
Gauteng health department employee who didn’t come home on Friday found dead in office
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News24 reports that an employee of the Gauteng Department of Health in the Tshwane district has been found dead in his office.
Police HR officer in Giyani held for demanding R10,000 bribe to process job application
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News24 reports that an administration clerk for the police in Giyani has been arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in Polokwane said on Sunday.
Workers at Gupta-owned coal mines could receive salary payments soon
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EWN reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) appointed at the Optimum and Koornfontein Gupta coal mines expect workers at the mines to receive salary payments by this week.
Uasa welcomes Ramaphosa’s opening of Gamsberg Mine in Northern Cape
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ANA reports that the United Association of SA (Uasa) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official opening of the Gamsberg Mine in the Northern Cape on Thursday.