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.
National Minimum Wage Bill clears parliamentary passage and goes now to Ramaphosa
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ANA reports that the National Minimum Wage Bill was approved by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday and will now go to President Cyril Ramaphosa to be signed into law.
Msimanga wants Tshwane city manager suspended pending investigation
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Mail & Guardian reports that City of Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga will recommend to council that city manager Moeketsi Mosola be suspended following allegations of tender irregularities.
Consumer inflation quickens to 5.1% in July
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Fin24 reports that annual consumer price inflation increased to 5.1% in July, up from 4.6% in June, Statistics SA announced on Wednesday. This was the highest rate since September 2017.
NUM declares dispute with Minerals Council, Solidarity to continue with gold wage talks
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Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday declared a wage dispute with the Minerals Council SA (previously called the Chamber of Mines) in the gold mining wage negotiations.
Eskom in new wage battle with employees outside bargaining forum demanding same increases
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BusinessLive reports that Eskom could be hit with yet another labour crisis, with even more employees demanding wage rises and bonus payments amid its financial difficulties.
KZN Sharks Board confirms body found at Richards Bay beach is missing employee
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News24 reports that the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board has confirmed that a decomposed body found floating off a beach in Richards Bay on Saturday is that of their missing employee, Siyabonga Gabela.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 21 August 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
Tuesday, 21 August 2018.
Deregulating fuel price would lead to massive job losses‚ senior energy official tells MPs
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BusinessLive reports that Department of Energy deputy director-general Tseliso Maqubela told MPs on Tuesday that deregulation of the fuel price would lead to 50‚000 job losses and would not necessarily result in lower prices.
Numsa outraged at ‘detention’ of FeesMustFall activists and threatens mass mobilisation
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SABC News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has threatened to embark on mass mobilisation if students arrested during the FeesMustFall protests are not unconditionally released and the charges against them dropped.
Inmate stabs prison warder at Joburg court, Popcru blames Correctional Services
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ANA reports that a Department of Correctional Services (DCS) official is nursing wounds after being stabbed twice by an inmate who was attempting to escape at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday.
Sasol adamant it won't change race-based requirements for its new B-BBEE scheme
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Fin24 reports that Sasol says it won’t change the prerequisites for inclusion in its new Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) share scheme, which have been rejected by trade union Solidarity for excluding white employees.
Two more Cape Town train carriages go up in smoke on Tuesday
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Timeslive reports that firefighters responded to yet another train fire in Cape Town on Tuesday morning.
Protest over wages on Monday at National Lotteries Commission offices
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Timeslive reports that a group of National Lotteries Commission (NLC) employees protested on Monday over wages outside their offices in Pretoria.
AngloGold Ashanti ‘has the right man for top job’
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BusinessLive writes that Kelvin Dushnisky will be leading a very different AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) to the company that Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan headed as CEO.
Mantashe opposed world heritage status for Barberton mountains because of job loss fears
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BusinessLive reports about Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe’s opposition to the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains gaining World Heritage Site status because the area is home to at least 500 tons of easily accessible gold.
Tom Moyane asks for more time in his SARS disciplinary inquiry
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BusinessLive reports that further delays are on the cards in the disciplinary inquiry against suspended SA Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane, which was meant to resume on Tuesday.
Cosatu wants state capture’s ‘barons, swindlers and enablers’ exposed by Zondo inquiry
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The Citizen reports that Cosatu expressed the hope on Monday that “the robber barons, swindlers and their enablers” of state capture would be exposed and sent to jail at the conclusion of the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture.
Take Amcu threat seriously, writes DA’s Michael Bagraim
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In a letter to the Business Day editor, Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Michael Bagraim writes that the threat by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) to bring the platinum mining sector to its knees must be taken seriously.
Eskom’s CCMA move corners trade unions into an arbitration process
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BusinessLive writes that Eskom’s decision to lodge a dispute at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has cornered trade unions after months of wage negotiations that have not yielded results.
Staff at Afro Worldview, formerly ANN7, told to stay at home as news channel shuts down
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The Citizen reports that Mzwanele Manyi’s Afro Worldview, formerly known as ANN7, had its last broadcast on Monday night. Employees were told to not come back to work and were promised their July salaries.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 20 August 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
Monday, 20 August 2018.
State job cuts will create more consultants, Cosatu warns
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City Press reports that Cosatu has warned that job cuts in the public sector would lead to a skills exit, leaving departments with no option but to rehire those who left to work as consultants.
NUM to march to Harmony Gold to raise concerns about safety in Vaal Reefs area
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ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the Matlosana region in the North West said on Monday that members would be marching to Harmony Gold in Vaal Reefs, Orkney, on Tuesday to raise concerns around safety.
Body washed up on Richards Bay pier could be missing Sharks Board crewman
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Daily News reports that the body of a man washed up on a pier in Richards Bay on Saturday prompted speculation that it could be that of the missing KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board employee who went missing after the boat he was in capsized.
SAA launches app to communicate with staff, as it denies blocking access to negative stories about the airline
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BusinessTech reports that South African Airways (SAA) has launched an app ‘to promote communication between management and its employees’.
Deputy principal at Margate school probed for using dead woman's qualifications
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Sunday Tribune reports that a deputy principal at Margate Middle School is being investigated for allegedly using a dead teacher’s qualifications to land senior education posts.
Qualifications of yet another senior City of Tshwane official in question
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Sowetan reports that the City of Tshwane has launched an investigation into the status of the qualifications of its emergency services boss Previn Govender, in the latest of scandals involving the hiring of top officials in the capital.
Over half a million applications for vacant cop jobs
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Timeslive reports that police on Monday indicated that they had received over half a million applications to fill vacant positions across the country.
Treasury proposes a five-year extension of youth employment tax incentive
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BusinessLive reports that the government has proposed a five-year extension of the employment tax incentive to promote employment, particularly of young workers.
Search for political home ‘risks dividing’ Cosatu at its September congress
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BusinessLive reports that according to Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali, the labour federation is at risk of divisions because of external political issues — including the fate of the SA Communist Party (SACP) and the ANC.