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.
Widespread Cosatu protests on Wednesday targeted job security and Eskom unbundling
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BusinessLive reports that thousands of Cosatu-affiliated workers demonstrated in eight cities across the country on Wednesday, disrupting schooling and bringing traffic to a standstill.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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Wednesday, 13 February 2019.
Solidarity to take legal action against BLF over Hoërskool Driehoek comments
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ANA reports that Solidarity said on Wednesday it would be paying charges with the police and at the Equality Court against members of the Black First Land First (BLF) movement on behalf of several of the parents of the victims of the recent Hoërskool Driehoek disaster.
Two Welkom miners shot dead on Wednesday on way to work
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EWN reports that police have confirmed that two mineworkers have been shot dead in Welkom, Free State.
Western Cape records lowest unemployment rate in the country in 2018 fourth quarter
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ANA reports that Statistics SA’s quarterly labour force survey data for the fourth quarter of 2018, released on Tuesday, showed that the Western Cape created 29,000 new jobs over the past year and 26,000 between October and December last year.
Unemployed stop work at Bospoort Dam purification project in Rustenburg, demand work
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ANA reports that unemployed persons in Ikageng near Rustenburg have vowed to stop work at the Bospoort Dam purification plant until such time as they are hired.
Intern doctors in Gauteng finally get January salaries, averting legal action by Sama
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Sowetan reports that a last-minute payment of more than 200 intern doctors on Monday averted a legal showdown with the Gauteng department of health.
PSA vindicated by judgment that prematurely terminated community service dentists in Limpopo must be re-employed
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ANA reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has welcomed the judgment by the Limpopo High Court ordering the Limpopo department of health to re-employ seven dentists.
Jobs outlook dampened by Eskom’s power cuts
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Business Report writes that on Tuesday Eskom extended its massive power cuts, leaving industry stuttering as the power utility cut 3,000MW from the grid.
SAPS promoting hundreds based on ‘political affiliation’, Institute of Security Studies claims
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The Citizen reports that according to the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), the police were secretly promoting hundreds of unqualified and inexperienced officers into management positions based on their political affiliation.
Sibanye-Stillwater considers closing unprofitable shafts at gold mines
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Bloomberg reports that Sibanye Gold is considering shutting unprofitable shafts and cutting jobs at its South African gold mines amid a three-month-old wage strike that’s curbing output.
Nurses expected to down tools on Wednesday in support of Cosatu national strike
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TimesLIVE reports that nurses affiliated to the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) are expected to down tools on Wednesday in support of the Cosatu-led industrial action against job losses.
Board in drive to transform “dinosaur” South African estate agency sector
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Engineering News reports that according to Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) transformation committee chairperson Eugenia Kula-Ameyaw, estate agents in the property sector have long been bound by “dinosaur” legislation and the profession has remained untransformed since 1994.
It’s not the end of the road for indefatigable Tom Moyane, legal team says after ConCourt ruling
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EWN reports that the attorney representing former SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane says they have noted the Constitutional Court’s (ConCourt’s) rejection of his application to appeal a judgement confirming his dismissal, but it was not the end of the road just yet.
Viral footage of brazen robbery in Hillbrow shows two security officers killed in their vehicle
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News24 reports that police are looking for five suspects after two security guards were shot and killed in their vehicle on Monday night.
MPs told there’s already a ban on frontline home affairs officials using cellphones
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News24 reports that Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on Tuesday welcomed the news that home affairs officials who were on the frontline were not allowed to use their cellphones and that citizens could call out any officials who provided bad service.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 12 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
Tuesday, 12 February 2019.
Red flags at deadly Bank of Lisbon building ignored, public protector asked to investigate
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The Star reports that staff complaints about the derelict state of the Bank of Lisbon building in downtown Joburg weeks before a blaze engulfed it were dismissed as “delinquent”.
Gupta mine cable ‘thief’ released, rescue bid for those underground still halted by unpaid workers
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Sowetan reports that a sixth suspect involved in the cable theft at the Gupta-owned Gloria Coal Mine in Mpumalanga has been released as police conduct further investigations into the matter, as directed by the public prosecutor.
Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie throws its weight behind teacher in Sans Souci slap video
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News24 reports that the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie (SAOU) has pledged its support for the Sans Souci Girls' High School teacher who was caught on video slapping a pupil.
Limpopo Health MEC sacks Tshilidzini Hospital's entire management team
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Health e-News reports that shocking mismanagement at Tshilidzini Hospital has prompted Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba to remove the facility's entire management team.
Parliament’s finance committee adopts PIC bill aimed at bolstering accountability
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BusinessLive reports that a bill aiming to strengthen the corporate governance, accountability and transparency of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) was adopted by parliament’s finance committee on Tuesday.
ConCourt turns down Tom Moyane's application for leave to appeal against his dismissal
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Fin24 reports that axed SA Revenue Service (SARS) boss Tom Moyane has lost his bid at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for leave to appeal regarding his dismissal.
Unemployment rate eases from 27.5% to 27.1% in fourth quarter due to holiday season hiring
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BusinessLive reports that SA’s unemployment rate improved in the fourth quarter, as is usually the case for a quarter that brings a temporary hiring boost thanks to the holiday season.
Sibanye-Stillwater signals prospect of 5,000 job cuts at Driefontein if profits cannot be restored
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Miningmx reports that precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater has apparently signaled to unions that it might cut up to 5,000 jobs at its struggling Driefontein operation in the gold sector.
Ekurhuleni firefighters first in SA certified for international qualification
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The Citizen reports that the first group of technical rescuers in Africa to be accredited by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) studied through the City of Ekurhuleni’s training academy.
Higher education department to plead with Nehawu not to embark on TVET shutdown on Thursday
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The Citizen reports that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) hopes to engage with the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) to reconsider its national strike at TVET and community education and training (CET) colleges.
Cosatu plans to bring eight provinces to a standstill on Wednesday
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The Citizen reports that Cosatu plans to bring economic activities in eight provinces to a complete halt on Wednesday to highlight the plight of workers.
With 350,000 jobs at risk, desperate sugar cane farmers send SOS to Ramaphosa
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Business Report writes that sugar industry growers have called for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intervention in an effort to help save the multibillion-rand sector from imminent collapse.
Motsoaledi lashes hospital association for 'fear-mongering' about NHI job losses
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BL Premium reports that the minister of health Aaron Motsoaledi has hauled the Hospital Association of SA (Hasa) over the coals, accusing it of using fear-mongering to fight the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI).