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.
Taxi violence at 'crisis levels', police portfolio committee warns
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Timeslive reports that Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee has warned that taxi violence has reached “crisis levels” in SA.
SARS disciplinary chair considers objections by Moyane’s lawyer
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Business Day reports that the chairman of the disciplinary inquiry against suspended SA Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom Moyane‚ might rule in two weeks’ time on objections to the process by the tax boss.
SA sex workers suffer depression and post-traumatic stress disorder
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Saturday Star reports that for a long time health professionals and caregivers have known that South African sex workers suffer from high rates of depression and post-traumatic stress, but no one knew the extent of the problem.
Palabora Mining Company ordered to stop all conveyor belts following tragic accident
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The Citizen reports that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has issued a series of orders, suspensions and instructions to the Palabora Mining Company (PMC) following the incident that claimed the lives of six miners after a conveyer belt caught fire last Sunday.
Roundup on Monday, 23 July 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, 20 July 2018.
Eskom denies any retrenchment plans
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eNCA reports that cash-strapped power utility Eskom says it has no retrenchment plans. The state-owned company has been locked in wage negotiations with trade unions for over a month.
Tom Moyane is not being given a fair disciplinary hearing, Dali Mpofu claims
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Timeslive reports that Tom Moyane’s legal representative Dali Mpofu has hit out hard at Cyril Ramaphosa‚ saying that the president was not being fair to the suspended SA Revenue Service (SARS) boss.
Eleven dead in KZN taxi massacre on Saturday
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Timeslive reports that eleven people were killed and four others wounded in a night-time massacre on the R74 near Colenso in central KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Saturday.
Pretoria police captain to stand trial for allegedly calling colleagues the k-word
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News24 reports that police captain JM Henrico, who is facing a charge of crimen injuria after allegedly calling his subordinates the k-word, will now answer to the accusations when he goes on trial on 5 September.
As another petrol price hike looms, protest group plans to shut down roads on Friday
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City Press reports that a newly formed organisation called People Against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases (Pappi) plans to shut down the country’s roads on Friday to protest against rising fuel prices.
Fund managers take up the fight against executives’ excessive pay
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City Press reports that four of the largest local fund managers have fought against the excessive pay of company executives through their voting on pay resolutions at shareholder meetings and meetings with the boards of these companies.
Shareholder unhappiness over executive pay rules dealt with, says Naspers
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Business Times reports that on Friday in its annual report, Naspers said it was confident it had addressed shareholder concerns about its executive pay policy after months of discussions with investors.
Train delays expected at Cape Town station after Metrorail coach fires
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News24 reports that Cape Town station's platforms 15 and 16 have been be closed until further notice after two motor coaches and five passenger coaches went up in flames there on Saturday.
Guard at government building in Roodepoort dies after inhaling toxic fumes from brazier
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News24 reports that a guard at an empty building next to Clearwater Mall in Roodepoort died after inhaling fumes from a brazier that was keeping him and a colleague warm during the nightshift.
Miners’ retirement savings become the latest site of Amcu’s internal struggles
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Mail & Guardian reports that the battle for control of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has shifted to its members’ retirement savings.
Outa investigates three more Setas for alleged corruption and wasteful expenditure
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) reported on Friday that it has been inundated with additional claims of corruption at Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) since its exposé on the Services Seta.
Medical aid increases outpacing salaries, putting pressure on members to downgrade
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Fin24 reports that the GTC 2018 Medical Aid Survey indicates that medical aid increases have been outpacing salary raises.
Worker killed on Thursday in fall-of-ground incident at Harmony's Tshepong mine
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Mining Weekly reports that an employee at Harmony Gold's Tshepong mine, in Welkom, died in a fall-of-ground incident on Thursday morning.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 19 July 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, 19 July 2018.
ANC spokesman explains why CIT heist employee was fired while Manana remains an MP
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The Citizen reports that questions have been raised about whether the ANC has employed double standards when dealing with transgressions committed by the party’s members or employees.
Future of attracting and retaining staff lies in happiness police, chatbots and burnout monitors
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BusinessLive reports that happiness police, real-time chatbots for employees and burnout monitors are just some of the applications that have been developed to ensure that staff are healthy and fulfilled.
Less than 20% of SA’s gold mines profitable, says Minerals Council prior to wage talks
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BL Premium writes that the state of SA’s gold mining industry is worse than first thought, with fewer than 20% of gold mines making money at prevailing prices of about R520,000/kg.
Unions given deadline to respond to Eskom’s wage offer options
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EWN reports that labour unions have been given just over a week to respond to Eskom's latest wage offer, which the power utility insists is fair and competitive.
Solidarity, NUM reject gold producers’ initial wage offers
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ANA reports that Solidarity has become the second workers’ union to reject the latest three-year wage offer tabled by gold producers, joining the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which slammed the wage offer as a “pittance” and “insulting” to workers.
ANC issues letter of summary dismissal on Luthuli House staffer allegedly involved in cash heist
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The Citizen reports that the ANC moved fast to axe an employee at its headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, after news broke on Wednesday of his arrest during a cash-in transit heist blitz on 6 and 7 July.
Human Rights Commission mulls wide-ranging inquiry into Gauteng’s ailing hospitals
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BusinessLive reports that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is considering launching a full-scale inquiry into the state of hospitals in Gauteng.
Civil construction sector in SA is in ‘survival mode’ this year
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Business Report writes that according to David Metelerkamp, senior economist at Industry Insight, the civil construction sector was in recession and needed to go into “survival mode”.
NUM claims lack of water underground led to deaths at copper mine
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Sowetan reports that according to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the fire that killed six people at a copper mine in Limpopo could have been avoided.
Post Office strike over with a 6.5% backdated wage increase
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Timeslive reports that the strike at the SA Post Office (Sapo), which started on 3 July, is over.
Lifestyle probe of key parastatal officials will dig back to 2009
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BusinessLive reports that declarations of financial interest made by key parastatal officials from 2009 will form the basis of their lifestyle audits, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.