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.
eThekwini official and two others arrested for payments to ‘ghost’ EPWP employees
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Sunday Tribune reports that three men, including an eThekwini municipal official, who allegedly defrauded the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) by creating ghost employees, were arrested by the Hawks last week.
Roundup on Tuesday, 18 December 2018 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, 14 December 2018.
KZN health workers step up calls to get MEC Dhlomo fired
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The Witness reports that members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) intensified their calls on Thursday for Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo to be axed.
Army doctors deal with KwaDukuza mortuary backlog as go-slow enters sixth week
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Sunday Tribune reports that army doctors have been brought in to assist with autopsies following a stalemate between the KZN Department of Health and pathology staff as a mortuary go-slow entered its sixth week.
Amcu questions agreement between NUM and Sibanye-Stillwater
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EWN reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has questioned the agreement signed between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Sibanye-Stillwater, which comes as the company seeks to end a strike by Amcu members at its local gold operations.
SACP slams intimidation, threats against journalists
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News24 reports that the SA Communist Party (SACP) on Saturday slammed recent incidents of journalists being threatened, declaring these a sign of prejudice in South Africa.
Moyane had no integrity, dismantled governance oversight role, Nugent finds
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Sunday Independent reports that while retired judge Robert Nugent’s interim report was damning on axed SA Revenue Services (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane, he was even more merciless in the final version of his report into the affairs of the tax collection agency from April 2014 to March 2018.
Atteridgeville police officer killed at roadblock on Saturday by drunken driver
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News24 reports that a police officer was killed after an alleged drunken driver failed to stop at a road block and drove into the police officer.
Comair 'working around the clock' to resolve wage impasse with Numsa and avert strike
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ANA reports that airline Comair said on Friday that it was working around the clock to find a speedy resolution to the wage dispute with the National Union of Metalworkers Union of SA (Numsa).
Sibanye offers cash advance to eligible mineworkers to mitigate impact of strike
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ANA reports that amid an ongoing strike at its local gold operations, Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that it would be extending a special cash advance of up to 50% of basic pay to employees in the bargaining unit, if they required it.
Saftu appalled at possible Edcon liquidation, which could see single biggest loss of jobs in SA history
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ANA reports that according to the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), the crisis facing retail giant Edcon Holdings shows that the presidential Jobs Summit that was meant to cushion SA’s rising unemployment was a sham.
Class-action silicosis settlement provisionally approved, but faces delays to allow for objections
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BusinessLive reports that the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday provisionally approved the R5bn settlement reached between mining companies and workers suffering from silicosis and other occupational lung diseases.
Prasa closes Pretoria’s Bosman Street station for 40 days for maintenance
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News24Wire reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) will be carrying out maintenance at Metrorail's Bosman station in Pretoria, completely closing it to the public for at least 40 days.
Amcu to remain on strike over wages at Sibanye-Stillwater
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Reuters reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said on Friday that the union's members at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations would remain on strike.
National minimum wage act bungle leaves workers exposed to employers wanting to dodge new law
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BusinessLive reports that a numbering error in the National Minimum Wage Act has bungled a clause that protects workers from employers who intend to circumvent the new law.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 13 December 2018
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Thursday, 13 December 2018.
Amcu accuses Sibanye-Stillwater of using 'underhand tactics' to end gold wage strike
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ANA reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has retaliated against Sibanye-Stillwater, saying that the miner had resorted to further "underhanded tactics" in an effort to discredit the legal and protected status of the union’s strike at the producer’s gold operations.
SAA pilots’ association comes up with a plan to save national airline R313m over three years
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Business Report writes that the South African Airways Pilots’ Association (Saapa) has reiterated its commitment to the national airline and its support of chief executive Vuyani Jarana’s efforts to turn the state-owned airline around.
Moyane’s legal bills pile up as he forges ahead with 'unnecessary' court battles to get Sars job back
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News24 reports that axed SA Revenue Services (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane faces a growing legal bill as he heads to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) again.
Job creation potential of legal dagga not clear, cautions Cosatu
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The Citizen reports that trade union federation Cosatu has cast doubt over the optimism about the job creation potential of legal cannabis.
Sibanye extends union wage agreement to all employees, rendering Amcu strike unprotected
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Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has extended the wage agreement entered into with three unions to all employees, effectively rendering the three-week-long strike by Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) members unprotected.
Inspection reveals that health department’s Civitas headquarters literally falling apart
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Pretoria News reports that the ongoing investigation into the state of the Department of Health’s Civitas headquarters has found 29 non-compliant floors and a building that is literally falling apart.
Nehawu calls for ANC to ban all VBS-linked looters across all provinces
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The Star reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) has called on the ANC to expand the removal of those implicated in the VBS Mutual Bank looting scandal to all provinces, and to ban them from the party’s political activities.
ANC spokesman Pule Mabe and his sexual harassment accuser face off at hearing
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SowetanLive reports that the internal enquiry of ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe and his former personal assistant (PA) got under way on Wednesday, with the victim’s boyfriend by her side to give her support.
Government reviews its entry-level recruitment rules to accommodate applicants without experience
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SowetanLive reports that the government is reviewing its recruitment regulations for entry-level posts in the public service to allow for the hiring of new employees without prior experience.
Pertinent questions about the National Minimum Wage answered
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In a useful report, GroundUp presents a number of pertinent questions and the answers thereto in respect of the National Mining Wage (NMW).
Pietermaritzburg mortuary workers return to work after arrests and strong warning by labour court
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GroundUp reports that seventeen employees of the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg, who were arrested on Monday, were released with a strong warning on Tuesday.
Gold Fields to cautiously resume operations at South Deep after strike of nearly six weeks
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Fin24 reports that Gold Fields is to cautiously resume operations at its South Deep mine on Thursday after the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) head office called off a strike of nearly six weeks against retrenchments.
Comair says Numsa can’t strike at BA, Kulula before CCMA hears dispute in January
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ANA reports that Comair Limited said on Wednesday a strike planned by ground staff affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) could not go ahead legally as the CCMA was unable to hear the dispute between the parties until January 2019.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 12 December 2018
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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, 12 December 2018.