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.
Police clerk to appear in court for petrol theft from a vehicle submitted as evidence
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IOL News reports that a 39-year-old Mpumalanga police administration clerk has been summoned to appear in Balfour Magistrate's Court in connection with allegations of petrol theft.
Drone footage assessment planned for Stilfontein illegal miners facing ‘humanitarian crisis’
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IOL News reports that an NGO – the Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) – intends to enlist drone technology to assess and document the underground conditions at disused shafts of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine.
The ghost of Rooiwal continues to haunt broke City of Tshwane
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The Citizen reports that nine months after the City of Tshwane suspended five senior officials with pay for their roles in the irregular award of the Rooiwal tender, it has been ordered to pay them collectively more than R1.3 million in consolation.
Traditional healer gunned down during consultation in his room at Pietermaritzburg hotel
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The Witness reports that a Pietermaritzburg traditional healer was gunned down on Friday during a consultation, allegedly by someone who posed as a client.
Buffelsfontein Gold Mine disputes state’s claim that it’s legally bound to rescue trapped miners at its Stilfontein mine
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BL Premium reports that Buffelsfontein Gold Mine (BGM), owner of the Stilfontein mine where hundreds of illegal miners have been “trapped” underground for months, has dismissed the government’s assertion that the company is legally bound to conduct the rescue operations.
SA’s agriculture in 2024 and the outlook for 2025
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Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of SA (Agbiz), writes that SA’s agriculture in 2024 can be viewed as a “mixed” year.
Tshepo Makola’s appointment as acting City of Joburg manager will probably be considered for ratification next week
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News24 reports that the City of Johannesburg has an acting City manager, whose position may be officially ratified "sometime next week".
Jobless Eastern Cape doctors picket outside premier's office
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News24 reports that unemployed doctors in the Eastern Cape, who studied through taxpayer-funded bursaries, have vowed to continue picketing outside the Office of the Premier in Bhisho until there is an undertaking to hire them.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 8 January 2025
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Two Free State police officers killed on Saturday in QwaQwa
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SABC News reports that two police officers were gunned down on Saturday night while responding to a robbery at a house in Namahadi, QwaQwa in the Free State.
Numsa says it will fight to save jobs affected by closure of ArcelorMittal plants
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TimesLIVE reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says that to defend the jobs of its members, it will fight to reverse the closure of ArcelorMittal SA’s (Amsa’s) long-steel plants.
Firefighter seriously injured in Phelindaba Brewery fire in Pretoria West on Saturday
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SABC News reports that a firefighter was seriously injured while responding to a massive fire that broke out at the Phelindaba Brewery in Pretoria West on Saturday afternoon.
COGTA terminates contracts of Community Work Programme workers aged 55 and above
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EWN reports that the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has terminated the contracts of Community Work Programme (CWP) workers aged 55 years and older.
Labour Court orders City of Tshwane to lift suspensions of officials in Rooiwal saga
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SABC News reports that the SA Local Government Bargaining Council has ordered that the five City of Tshwane senior officials charged with misconduct relating to the Rooiwal tender should return to work on 20 January.
Trapped Stilfontein zama zamas have resorted to cannibalism 'out of desperation', freed miners tell ConCourt
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News24 reports that two illegal miners who resurfaced from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein on Christmas Day have given evidence that some of their trapped colleagues have resorted to eating dead miners "in a desperate attempt to stay alive".
Hawks arrest two teenagers for murder of Gqeberha police officer
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IOL News reports that two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of police constable Callan Andrews.
Commission recommends new national minimum wage from 1 March
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BL Premium reports that the National Minimum Wage Commission has recommended an inflation plus 1.5% increase for the national minimum wage (NMW) from 1 March, reflecting the requirement to address living costs and ensure fair compensation for workers.
Two-pot retirement withdrawals: ‘Sars took it all’ say many claimants
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Moneyweb reports that according to a survey by personal finance platform JustMoney, many retirement fund members who opted to withdraw money from their savings components under the new two-pot retirement system were taken aback by the tax implications.
Amsa’s decision to pull plug on long steel business could affect 3,500 jobs in three provinces
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BL Premium reports that steel producer ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) will proceed with the winding down of its long steel business, so putting about 3,500 direct and indirect jobs at risk across Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 7 January 2025
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African labour-related reports.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 11 November 2024
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 6 November 2024
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summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
JMPD officers seen ‘partying’ and drinking alcohol in marked state vehicle issued with suspension letters
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SowetanLive reports that suspension notices have been issued to Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) cops who were seen on video partying next to a dam and drinking alcohol while sitting in a marked state vehicle.
SAA flights on major routes affected by pilots' wage strike
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Fin24 reports that SA Airways (SAA) flights on all major domestic and regional routes have been affected by a pilots' strike that kicked off on Thursday following deadlocked wage talks.
‘Our agreement is legal, the president can't renege’, says Solidarity on Bela implementation
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TimesLIVE reports that trade union Solidarity says its agreement with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Presidency regarding the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Act is legal and cannot be rejected.
Sassa CEO Busisiwe Memela-Khambula suspended pending probe into her appointment
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TimesLIVE reports that SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Busisiwe Memela-Khambula has been placed on precautionary suspension on full pay pending the outcome of an investigation into her appointment.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 5 November 2024
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summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
SAA pilots locked on Wednesday in 11th-hour pay talks as strike on Thursday looms
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BL Premium reports that the management of SAA and the two pilots’ unions threatening to go on strike from Thursday were in “active negotiations” on Wednesday with no indication of whether passengers would find themselves stranded within less than 24 hours.
Decomposed body retrieved from Shaft 11 at Stilfontein mine
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News24 reports that a decomposed body was hauled out of Shaft 11 at Stilfontein mine in the North West on Tuesday afternoon.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 4 December 2024
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.