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.
Cosatu condemns increase in import duty on wheat
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TMG Digital reports that Cosatu has strongly condemned the 34% increase in the import duty on wheat that is expected to result in a rise in the price of bread.
Thursday’s strike by Uasa at Comair will hit services for Kulula and British Airways
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TimesLive reports that airport services in respect of Kulula and British Airways could face disruptions as employees of Comair, which services these airlines, are due to embark on a strike on Thursday.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 11 April 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 11 April 2016
Roundup of labour news on 11 April 2016
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In our Monday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 8 April 2016.
Deal brokered by Des van Rooyen gives hope of end to Mogalakwena strike
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The New Age reports that an agreement brokered by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Des van Rooyen, between striking workers and the Mogalakwena municipality mayor, Parks Sebatjane in Mokopane has given hope for the resumption of normal activities.
Samwu wants ‘sober-minded’ proposals from Rand Water in upcoming wage talks
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Business Report writes that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has warned that Rand Water should table “sober minded” increase proposals as it prepares for salary negotiations with the utility that will start on Thursday.
Sanral denies Cosatu’s claim of toll plaza job losses due to introduction of e-tolling
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The New Age reports that the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has denied claims made by labour federation Cosatu that the e-tolling system would result in job losses for people working in toll plazas.
While Pikitup strike is over, negotiations continue
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TimesLive reports that the five-week long Pikitup strike is over and the workers were due to be back on the job on Monday. The waste management company, the City of Johannesburg and the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) reached an agreement at the weekend.
Oakbay writes to Presidency, ministers about possibility of 4,500 job losses
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News24 reports that Oakbay Investments has written to government to plead for an intervention following the closure of the company’s bank accounts and the withdrawal of shareholders, the Guptas and President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane, from the company.
IDC takes on Highveld, but retrenched workers remain at top of preferential creditors
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City Press reports that the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has become the latest in a long line of litigants against the business rescuers of Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium.
Enraged NUM wants Chamber to reopen wage talks after Sibanye-Amcu deal
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Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wants the Chamber of Mines to reopen wage negotiations with Sibanye Gold notwithstanding an existing three-year deal concluded last year.
SA in need of 20,000 specialists and faces a ‘major skills shortage’ of doctors
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Sowetan writes that, with 80% of all specialists in South Africa concentrated in the private healthcare sectors of the Western Cape and Gauteng, the public sector is struggling with a shortage of an estimated 20,000 health specialists.
'Escorts' attack and rob ambulance crew in Eastern Cape
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TMG Digital reported on Sunday that an ambulance from the Eastern Cape Department of Health was attacked and the crew robbed after their assailants led them into an ambush by pretending to be their escorts.
Zama zamas link to Lily Mine tragedy in February
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The Citizen reports that in the weeks leading up to the Lily Mine disaster in February, illegal mining activities became a serious concern for management and various plans were put in place to address the issue.
Metrorail delays expected after two trains go up in flames at Cape Town station
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Cape Argus reports that Metrorail commuters in Cape Town should expect delays of up to an hour on Monday after 10 carriages were destroyed in a blaze, at the weekend, in an alleged arson attack.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted from 8 April to 10 April 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 8 April to Sunday, 10 April 2016
Amcu accepts Sibanye’s new wage offer and calls off strike
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Reuters reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Sunday it had agreed to accept a new wage offer from Sibanye Gold and had called off a strike.
Strike at Joburg waste removal agency Pikitup comes to an end
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eNCA reports that the City of Johannesburg’s Matshidiso Mfekoe the announced on Sunday that the month-long strike at waste removal agency Pikitup has finally come to an end.
Pikitup negotiations at CCMA deadlock on Friday; strike continues
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ANA reports that the strike at Johannesburg waste management company Pikitup continues despite the city’s attempts to reach a settlement with the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA) on Friday afternoon.
Roundup of labour news on 8 April 2016
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In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 7 April 2016.
PIC uses its shareholder votes to red card firms’ executive pay policies
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Bloomberg reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which oversees the bulk of the SA government’s pension money, voted against pay policies at more than one third of the annual general meetings it attended between July and September last year.
Steel industry at the brink, but Solidarity not convinced of government’s sense of urgency
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Mail & Guardian writes that the domestic steel industry is bleeding and stakeholders fear its death unless emergency protections are introduced soon.
Pikitup strike-resolution talks resume at CCMA on Friday
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Business Report writes that talks to end a month-old unprotected strike at Johannesburg waste management agency Pikitup resumed at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Friday morning.
NUM says Sibanye’s new deal with Amcu is unprecedented and unacceptable
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Mineweb reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is unhappy about the reported wage agreement that has been reached between Sibanye Gold and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu).
No end in sight to strike at Shoprite’s Centurion distribution centre
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BDLive reports that there is no end in sight to the strike at Shoprite’s distribution centre in Centurion, with workers vowing to continue until management meets their demands.
Patients at KwaMashu clinic left stranded on Wednesday by go-slow
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The New Age reports that patients at the KwaMashu Poly Clinic were left stranded on Wednesday when 500 staff members embarked on a go-slow, calling for the suspension of the HR and nursing managers.
Compensation system for injured workers ‘needs overhaul’, says Motsoaledi
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BDLive reports that Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said in Parliament on Thursday that SA’s cumbersome and inefficient compensation system for injured and ill workers desperately needed reform.
Police break silence on deaths of workers in taxis shot at mistakenly by cops
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Cape Argus reports that six weeks after police allegedly shot dead innocent restaurant workers, provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Khombinkosi Jula has spoken out for the first time about the incident and two others that followed.
Police warn against adverts requiring jobseekers to ‘pay for jobs’
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ANA reports that police on Thursday urged jobseekers to be cautious when applying for advertised vacancies that required applicants to pay before they could get the job.
Uber plays down reports of driver strike after fare cut
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Fin24 reports that ride-sharing service Uber says reports about 200 of its partner drivers striking in Cape Town are exaggerated.