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.
PSC finds Muthambi broke some rules when hiring staff at private office
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EWN reports that Faith Muthambi, the former Minister of Public Service and Administration, has been found to have broken some of the rules relating to the hiring of staff in her private office.
Service delivery, job creation and economy are SA's main worries, Ipsos poll shows
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TimesLIVE reports that the biggest worries for South Africans are service delivery, job creation and government mismanaging the economy, according to an Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
Eskom workers targeted for job cuts while corrupt go untouched, says Cosatu
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TimesLIVE reports that the message of Cosatu's first deputy-president Michael Shingange on Tuesday was that the government had failed to act against those responsible for the electricity crisis, meaning that thousands of workers would now lose their jobs.
Senzo Mchunu slammed by BMF for pinning Eskom's woes on black managers
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ANA reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) on Tuesday slammed African National Congress (ANC) NEC member Senzo Mchunu for blaming black managers for all the trouble at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly power utility Eskom.
Numsa special NEC on Wednesday to discuss plastics strike, Eskom unbundling
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ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will hold a special national executive committee (NEC) on Wednesday to discuss the impasse in the lengthy plastics sector strike.
Three shot execution-style at Welkom mine
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ANA reports that Free State police said in a statement on Tuesday that three unidentified bodies had been found with gunshot wounds to their heads at Sable mine Evaporation Area in Welkom.
SA government’s AEMFC to pump R1bn into Optimum Coal after winning interim funding bid
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Miningmx reports that African Exploration & Mining Finance Company (AEMFC), a company owned by the SA government, said on Tuesday that it had been awarded an option to bid for Optimum Coal Mines.
ConCourt affirms employer's right to suspend without convening a prior hearing
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Fin24 reports that the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruled on Tuesday that an employer was not required to give an employee an opportunity to make representations before a precautionary suspension.
Kumba pays dividend, boosts safety, explores in a new area and creates local jobs
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Engineering News reports that in 2018, Kumba Iron Ore generated hefty operational cash flow, paid a competent final cash dividend, pressed on with exploration in a new area and supported the creation of 2,600 new jobs in the local community.
Cosatu calls in march to Parliament on Tuesday for job security and an end to retrenchments
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Engineering News reports that Cosatu marched to Parliament on Tuesday – the day before Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was due to deliver his maiden Budget – to call for job security and an end to retrenchments.
Retrenchments at South32’s Hillside smelter could affect up to 500 jobs, says Solidarity
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Mining Weekly reports that Solidarity advised on Tuesday that it had received a retrenchment notice from South32’s Hillside aluminium smelter located in Richards Bay.
Gauteng human settlements MEC accused of 'dumping' staff in 'unsafe' Joburg CBD building
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TimesLIVE reports that Gauteng human settlements MEC Uhuru Moiloa has been accused of "dumping" his staff at an "unsafe" Johannesburg inner city building while he occupies a cushy office in affluent Killarney.
Rescue practitioners for Gupta companies, including Optimum and Koornfontein, apply to liquidate Oakbay
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BusinessLive reports that the business rescue practitioners of eight Gupta companies have approached the court to liquidate the controversial family’s Oakbay Investments.
Unbundling Eskom not the panacea for its ills, says Cosatu
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BL Premium reports that after meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, Cosatu remained unconvinced that unbundling Eskom was the only viable solution for the embattled state-owned power utility.
Amcu threatens to shut down coal, gold and platinum sectors with secondary strikes
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BusinessLive reports that the Association for Mining and Construction Union (Amcu) has threatening to shut the country's gold, platinum and coal mines as a strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations heads into its fourth month.
Government urged by unions to freeze Bosasa’s assets and employ its workers
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Independent News reports that trade unions have called on government to absorb the employees of African Global Operations Group (previously known as Bosasa), after the company announced it would be going into voluntary liquidation as a result of FNB and Absa closing its banking accounts.
Quiet outside Gloria coal mine on Monday as rescue, body retrieval operations continued
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ANA reports that rescue and body retrieval operations were still under way on Monday afternoon at Gloria coal mine near Middelburg in Mpumalanga.
Three workers dead following wall collapse at Durban construction site
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ANA reports that three construction workers died after a wall collapsed at a building site in Isipingo, south of Durban, on Monday. Paramedics arrived at the scene near Treasure Beach at about 5pm.
Rustenburg unemployed march to demand jobs and tenders at Kroondal Mine
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ANA reports that unemployed persons at Ikemeleng in Kroondal near Rustenburg marched to the Kroondal Mine on Monday, demanding jobs.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 18 February 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, 18 February 2019.
Sugar tax leaves a bitter taste for industry with 350,000 jobs at stake
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Sunday Tribune reports that the SA sugar industry is in crisis according to the South African Canegrowers Association. But the government has a different perspective and would only confirm that it was aware of challenges the sector faced.
Fellow unions call out Amcu on strike tactics at Sibanye
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Mail & Guardian writes that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is at loggerheads with other trade unions about its protracted wage strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines.
Cape Town public pool closed after lifeguards stoned and one of them injured
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TimesLIVE reports that residents of Manenberg, Cape Town, are currently unable to use their municipal swimming pool as a result of an attack on lifeguards at the weekend.
Unemployment, income disparity among the biggest risks for SA, risk management institute finds
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ANA reports that the Institute of Risk Management SA (IRMSA) has identified structurally high unemployment, growing income disparity and inequality, failure of governance in the public sector, fraud and corruption to be among some of the biggest risks for the country in 2019.
We need to end violence in schools, says Sadtu
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Cape Argus reports that Enver Surty, Deputy Minister of Basic Education, was due on Monday to address hundreds of SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) members about concerns over violence in schools and placement of learners.
Experts cast doubt on sabotage threats against Eskom on part of unions
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Independent News reports that according to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), there were no likely industrial actions that would force them to involve the police and intelligence officers to protect Eskom facilities.
Some 4,500 people to lose their jobs as banks turn their backs on African Global, formerly known as Bosasa
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City Press reports that about 4,500 people have become the latest casualties of SA’s state capture tale after their controversial employer was forced to go into liquidation.
Uasa vows to fight job cuts at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines 'tooth and nail'
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ANA reports that the United Association of SA (Uasa) has vowed job cuts at mining company Sibanye-Stillwater "tooth and nail".
Cosatu seeks enlightenment from Ramaphosa at meeting on Monday on Eskom unbundling plan
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EWN reports that the leadership of Cosatu was due to meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday morning to discuss the trade union federation's objections to governments plans to unbundle Eskom into three separate companies.
Police say efforts to reach trapped illegal miners at Gloria mine now retrieval rather than rescue
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TimesLIVE reports that Mike Elliot, business rescue representative for the Gupta-owned Gloria mine, remains optimistic that there could still be survivors following a blast there and observed that “there is always hope”.