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.
West Pack Lifestyle finds private buyer and saves more than 1,100 jobs
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BL Premium reports that West Pack Lifestyle has announced that a private buyer has purchased its businesses and assets, so safeguarding more than 1,100 jobs across its corporate and franchise stores.
Retired Vereeniging cop slapped with eight year prison sentence for accepting R5,000 bribe
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IOL News reports that a former SA Police Services (SAPS) officer was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridge on Monday for accepting a R5,000 bribe in exchange for facilitating an investigation.
Technology Innovation Agency, which hasn’t had a permanent CEO since 2019, to appoint yet another acting CEO
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BL Premium reports that the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which has not had a permanent CEO since 2019, is set to appoint yet another acting CEO. This time it will apparently tap its CFO Ismail Abdoola for the role.
SCA ruling opens door for Nelson Mandela Bay to reclaim millions in wasteful expenditure from municipal officials
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Daily Maverick reports that in a watershed judgment last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) clarified the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and ruled that municipal officials could be held personally liable for intentionally or negligently incurring unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
Probe into Uber driver who avoided picking-up disabled woman
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SowetanLive reports that Uber is investigating allegations that one of its drivers refused to pick up a disabled woman because she was using crutches.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 12 November 2024
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Roundup on Monday, 11 November 2024 of weekend labour reports
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Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 8 November 2024
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Edward Kieswetter paid multi-million rand salary by SARS
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Daily Investor reports that SA Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter was paid R11.71 million for his services in the 2023/24 financial year – an 83.4% increase from the year before.
Labour department declares a number of Makana municipal offices unsafe and orders them to be closed
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TimesLIVE reports that the Makana local municipality’s traffic department, and its engineering and infrastructure offices, have been shut by the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), which declared the structures unsafe.
Services Seta embroiled in tender irregularities and corruption scandal
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The Star reports that a damning investigation has uncovered widespread corruption and irregularities in the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services Seta), with nine service providers implicated in tender manipulation.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 7 November 2024
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Two farmworkers killed and 20 injured in Wellington truck crash
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SABC News reports that according to Western Cape traffic authorities, two people died and 20 others were injured after a truck transporting agricultural workers overturned in Wellington.
NUM agrees to one-year wage deal at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mining operations
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Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that it had agreed to a wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater's gold mining operations after months of negotiations.
Putco warns of 400 job losses should subsidy agreement with Gauteng transport department be amended
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BL Premium reports that public transport company Putco has told the South Gauteng High Court that about 400 jobs at the company are on the line, and nearly 30,000 commuters in Gauteng will be left without transport, should the provincial Department of Transport (DoT) cut back on its service subsidy.
Bosses of pension funds administrator N-e-FG fined R30m each for misdirecting client funds into high-risk investments
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Fin24 reports that two executives of a Gauteng pension funds administrator have been fined R30 million each for misdirecting client funds into high-risk investments.
While NLC spends over R8 million on suspended employees, backlog of 3,000 grant applications remains unresolved
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The Citizen reports that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has paid at least R8.3 million in salaries to suspended employees currently facing disciplinary action.
Sibanye-Stillwater rules out a five-year wage deal at its gold mining operations
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Fin24 reports that despite record-high gold prices after about a 40% climb in the year to date, Sibanye-Stillwater has shunned a five-year wage deal at its high-cost SA gold operations.
Joburg’s Rea Vaya bus service resumes after disruption caused by taxi industry protest
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The Star reports that City of Johannesburg MMC for Transport, Kenny Kunene, has confirmed that Rea Vaya’s 45 new feeder buses in Soweto will not be operational until further notice.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 6 November 2024
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‘Two-pot’ frustrations: After two months, some GEPF withdrawals still not processed
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Fin24 reports that delays in the payment of withdrawals from the two-pot retirement system have led members of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to take to social media to express their frustrations.
Wesgro secures R7.75bn in investments projected to create nearly 4,000 jobs over next five years
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TimesLIVE reports that the Western Cape government’s trade and investment promotion agency Wesgro has secured R7.75bn in committed investments for the 2023/2024 financial year.
KZN cop accidentally shoots colleagues – one fatally – during domestic violence incident take-down
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EWN reports that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating a case of culpable homicide after a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) officer accidentally shot two colleagues – killing one and injuring another – during an operation.
Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF benefits as labour office has been closed since August after service delivery protests
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GroundUp reports that people in Mamelodi trying to claim their Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) money or to report work-related problems to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) have been left frustrated.
Finance Minister Godongwana’s repudiation of 4.7% wage offer sets scene for civil service strife
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BL Premium reports that the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) said on Sunday that the government could not go back on its 4.7% wage increase offer, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did last week, because “the law states that the last offer stands”.
Principal, deputy and HR cited by probe into racism at Pretoria Girls High School
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TimesLIVE reports that an investigation commissioned by the Gauteng education department into allegations of racism at Pretoria Girls High School has recommended that authorities consider taking action against the principal, deputy principal, two teachers, the estate manager, the HR manager and the acting principal.
Mister Sweet wage strike ends on employer’s terms, with workers to return to work next week
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GroundUp reports that more than 300 workers from Premier’s Mister Sweet branch in Germiston will return to work on 11 November, after negotiations on Friday brought their 11-week strike to an end.
Dondo Mogajane steps down as GEPF chair and all other positions amid VBS Bank allegations
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Fin24 reports that Dondo Mogajane has announced that he will step down from all professional roles and boards, including chair of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and CEO of the Moti Group, in the wake of allegations made against him by the former chair of VBS Mutual Bank.
BELA protest on Tuesday set to be biggest march by the Afrikaans community since 1994
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Maroela Media reports that a total of 41 Afrikaans organisations and organisations supporting mother tongue education came together on Monday to express their support for a march to be held on Tuesday, 5 November, against controversial provisions in the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 5 November 2024
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