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.
Free State mayor’s house seized to pay for deducted pension contributions not paid to fund
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Volksblad reports that on Tuesday the bailiff in Frankfort, Philip Maseko, took possession of the R5-million house that the bankrupt Mafube municipality had acquired for the use of the mayor Jabulani Sigasa.
SABC abandons staff retrenchment plans
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EWN reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced it would not be going ahead with plans to retrench employees.
Alexander Forbes loses yet another executive, taking the tally to eight in recent months
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Bloomberg reports that that Thabo Mashaba, chief empowerment and transformation officer at Alexander Forbes Group, has resigned, taking the number of top managers that have left SA’s largest retirement benefits administrator in recent months to eight.
Tshwane metro to appeal high court order over its obligation to pay post-retirement medical aid contributions
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The Citizen reports that the Tshwane metro has been accused of ignoring a Pretoria High Court decision ordering it to pay post-retirement medical aid contributions in respect of its retired employees.
Payment of new Gauteng doctors’ January salaries 'by no later than Friday' after SAMA intervention
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News24 reports that the SA Medical Association (SAMA) “took drastic steps” after it became aware of a communique circulating in some of the hospitals and provincial offices of the Gauteng health department regarding non-payment of newly appointed doctors.
Samwu’s Limpopo deputy provincial secretary gunned down, allegedly over VBS
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ANA reports that another SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) official in Limpopo has been killed in the aftermath of the VBS Mutual Bank scandal, the union indicated on Thursday.
Eskom’s 15% annual tariff hike for three years could wipe out 150,000 mining jobs
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Business Report writes that the Minerals Council SA (previously known as the Chamber of Mines) has warned that the industry could lose 150,000 jobs if the National Electricity Regulator of SA (Nersa) grants power utility Eskom the 15% tariff hike for each of the next three years it has applied for.
Cosatu plans nationwide strike on 13 February over mass layoffs at state and private firms
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Reuters reports that labour federation Cosatu announced on Wednesday it would stage a nationwide strike on 13 February over large-scale layoffs at ailing state-owned firms and at private companies.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 30 January 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, 30 January 2019.
Cosatu turned a blind eye to veteran unionist Cedric Gina when he was at his most vulnerable
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Theto Mahlakoana writes that trade union federation Cosatu should hang its head in shame at its neglect of the late renowned veteran unionist Cedric Gina.
Union to hold SABC accountable if employees negatively impacted by late salary payment
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Independent News reports that a trade union has vowed to take steps against the cash-strapped SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) should employees be negatively affected because of the public broadcaster’s late salary payments.
Bosasa boss 'used mandatory prayer meetings to manipulate staff'
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ANA reports that former Bosasa chief financial officer Andries van Tonder on Tuesday described Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson as manipulative and someone who used people for his own ends.
Mayor Mashaba meets Hawks boss over 'rampant corruption' uncovered in Joburg
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ANA reports that Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba said on Wednesday he had met the head of the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) the previous day to bring a number of serious criminal matters in the city to his attention.
Unisa study shows that long period of unemployment lessens chance of finding work
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SABC News reports that a new study conducted by the University of South Africa (Unisa) reveals that being unemployed for a long of period time lessens the chance of finding work because of job scarcity.
Inefficiencies at Gauteng health department will see new junior doctors paid a month late, says DA
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ANA reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) indicated on Wednesday that payment of salaries to junior doctors doing their internships and community service in Gauteng hospitals will be delayed for a month due to inefficiency at the provincial health department.
NUM calls for strike at Eskom during election week
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Bloomberg reports that workers at Eskom will strike during the week of scheduled elections in South Africa to protest the possible sale of shares and planned job cuts at the embattled state-owned power utility.
Robert McBride goes to court in fight to get his appointment as IPID boss renewed
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News24 reports that Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) boss Robert McBride is taking his fight to keep his job to court.
Is clothing retailer Edcon too big to let fail?
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Bloomberg writes that a scramble to help Edcon Holdings keep afloat suggests that, like Eskom and SA Airways, the retailer might be seen as too big to let fail.
Man who shot Limpopo farmworker thinking he was a bushpig sentenced to six years
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News24 reports that a man from Pretoria who shot and killed a farmworker whom he thought was a bushpig, was sentenced on Tuesday in the Modimolle Regional Court to six years in prison.
BMF demands that Ramos be replaced at Absa with a black CEO
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ANA reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) on Tuesday demanded that Absa Bank should replace the outgoing chief executive Maria Ramos with a black executive.
Football players’ union calls for preferential tax for footballers
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BusinessLive reports that the SA Football Players Union (Safpu) wants the government to review tax for footballers as one of the ways of addressing the serious financial challenges players face after they retire.
Embracing technology is critical for mining companies, says Deloitte’s report
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BusinessLive reports that as the global commodity market comes out of a decade-long slump, boards of mining companies face a different world with fresh challenges that threaten how they generate value for all stakeholders and not just shareholders as they did in the past.
Firefighters who battled blaze at Bank of Lisbon Building honoured
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EWN reports that the City of Johannesburg on Monday honoured the firefighters who fought in the deadly Bank of Lisbon Building fire.
Four trucks torched, two injured in violent Ekurhuleni protest linked to plastics strike
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ANA reports that two truckers were injured on Tuesday, and four trucks were torched and six light motor vehicles were damaged, after an attack by what was alleged to be striking plastics industry employees.
Absa chief executive Maria Ramos to retire at end of February
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ANA reports that Absa’s chief executive officer Maria Ramos will retire at the end of February when she turns 60 and becomes eligible to do so, the banking group said on Tuesday.
Seven Eldorado Park Secondary School teachers still not able to return to work
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News24 reports that seven teachers who were barred from going back to Eldorado Park Secondary School by residents have still not been able to return.
SABC employees paid January salaries following 'bank glitch', communications minister apologises
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News24 reports that Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams apologised on Tuesday to SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) workers following a delay in payment of their January salaries.
Policy incoherence and uncertainty destroying the economy and jobs, say business leaders
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BusinessLive reports that leaders of various economic sectors told delegates at a Business Unity SA (Busa) indaba on Tuesday that policy incoherence and uncertainty has hampered business growth and has led to massive job losses.
Agricultural sector five-year business plan prioritises job creation, agroprocessing
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Engineering News reports that Agbiz (Agricultural Business Chamber) CEO Dr John Purchase on Tuesday shared the agricultural sector’s five-year business plan at Business Unity SA’s (Busa’s) Business Economic Indaba, held in Midrand.
Busa and CCMA launch Web tool to help small businesses with labour relations challenges
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Engineering News reports that Business Unity SA (Busa) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) have collaborated on the development of a Web tool to help smaller businesses with labour relations processes and matters.