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.
Popcru members to march to the Union Buildings on Friday with various demands
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Timeslive reports that Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) members will be marching to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday.
Nehawu revises wage demand at Fort Hare in effort to end month-long strike
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SABC News reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) at the University Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape has revised its wage demand from 15% to 10%.
Protesters set Gugulethu fire station in Cape Town alight on Thursday, no injuries reported
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News24 reports that protesters set the Gugulethu Fire Station in Cape Town alight in the early hours of Thursday, forcing firefighters to vacate the premises.
Ramaphosa and other VIPs have on average 81 bodyguards each to protect them
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BusinessLive reports that there were 81 officers from the police’s Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) for every one of the 17 politicians it protected full-time in 2017-18.
Strike season sees footwear workers joining the ranks of strikers
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BusinessLive reports that as the country’s strike season intensifies, footwear workers became the latest sector on Wednesday to down tools over wage increases.
Three guards in hospital after cash-in-transit heist in KZN on Wednesday
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ANA reports that three security guards were hospitalised after a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Wednesday afternoon.
Sapu calls for further measures to help curb police killings
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EWN reports that the South African Policing Union (Sapu) believes there are further measures which can be implemented to curb cop killings.
SAA boss ruffles union’s feathers over undertaking to Solidarity regarding strategic partner
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BusinessLive reports that Vuyani Jarana, CEO of SA Airways (SAA), has angered the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) by giving an undertaking to trade union Solidarity that the carrier would immediately start looking for a strategic equity partner in the private sector.
Nene dares Eskom unions to show how SA can afford their wage demands
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BusinessLive reports that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has dared unions at Eskom to table proposals when they meet with him on how the fiscus could foot the bill for wage increases.
Gold mining sector wage negotiations to resume on 18 July
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Mining Weekly reports that the focus of proceedings during the first day of wage negotiations between unions and gold producers on Wednesday was for the four unions to present and motivate their demands for consideration by the employers.
Gigaba lets slip that Department of Home Affairs understaffed by 8,000
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The Citizen reports that at a press conference to announce a series of upgrades to the Home Affairs system, Minister Malusi Gigaba let slip that his department was severely understaffed by roughly 8,000 people.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 11 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
Wednesday, 11 July 2018.
Two firefighters treated for smoke inhalation after fire broke out at Roodepoort scrap yard
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News24 reports that two firefighters were injured after a fire broke out at a building in car scrap yard in Roodepoort on Wednesday morning.
Protesting KZN horse grooms in limbo over wage demands
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Timeslive reports that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) horse grooms are still in limbo as they wait to hear about their demanded salary increase.
Rio Tinto says Richards Bay Minerals shut by community protests
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Reuters reports that Richards Bay Minerals, which is run by Rio Tinto, has been closed since Friday due to violent community protests that saw a security guard killed earlier this week.
Security guards at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital down tools over conditions and wages
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SABC News reports that security guards at the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, have downed tools, citing poor working conditions and low wages.
NUM demands changes to mining legislation after latest fatality
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SABC News reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has demanding changes to mining legislation after yet another miner was killed, this time at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine in Carletonville.
Another jobs-for-pals scandal at SA Council for Educators
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City Press writes that the SA Council for Educators (Sace) is embroiled in yet another job-for-pals scandal.
Labour dispute halts fire services in Emfuleni until further notice
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The Citizen reports that a media statement was issued on Tuesday by Stanley Gaba, manager of communications in the Emfuleni Local Municipality, regarding the suspension of fire services in the municipality.
Illegal miners fingered in gun battle with police at Lily Mine
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The Star reports that a fatal shooting outside the closed Lily Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, has raised suspicion that illegal miners have invaded it.
New record set in 2017 for industrial action
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BusinessLive reports that Department of Labour’s annual strike analysis painted a grim picture on Tuesday of the country’s state of labour relations, with strikes having reached a high in 2017.
Tshwane Mail Centre shuts down as wage strike hits hard
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Pretoria News reports that the shutdown due to strike action of the Tshwane Mail Centre has resulted in major consequences for mail delivery in and beyond the city.
Wage talks between Sassa and PSA expected to get underway on Wednesday
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EWN reports that wage negotiations between the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) and employees represented by the Public Servants Association (PSA) were expected to start on Wednesday.
Striking CWU members bedevil Post office grant payments
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The Citizen reports that a number of SA Post Office (Sapo) branches across the country were closed on Tuesday due to a strike, leaving hundreds of social grant recipients having to find other alternatives.
Illicit tobacco trade a threat to jobs, warns Fawu
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Fin24 reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) warned on Tuesday that illicit traders were a direct threat to thousands of jobs in several industries, including the tobacco industry.
NUM ready with its long list of demands for talks with gold mining bosses
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BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it is ready to face off with gold mining companies at negotiations starting on Wednesday.
Saftu says move by bus firms to have wage deal declared unfair a threat to collective bargaining
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BusinessLive reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) is alarmed by reports that five bus companies have applied to be exempted from complying with a recent wage agreement that ended a crippling bus strike.
With 7.5% now on table, unions want meeting with Gordhan & Nene to fast-track Eskom wage talks
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BusinessLive reports that trade unions have requested a meeting with the public enterprises and finance ministers and Eskom's board to fast-track wage negotiations.
Over a third of senior government managers haven’t disclosed financial interests
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BusinessLive reports that Parliament’s portfolio committee on public service and administration wants the government to take action against senior managers found to be contravening regulations by not declaring financial interests and extra income.
Sibanye-Stillwater truly mining in killing field
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SowetanLive reports that according to leading geophysicist Dr Musa Manzi, the geographical area where Sibanye-Stillwater has been mining might be the reason the gold producer has had the highest number of fatalities in the country.