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.
Johannesburg deploys 91 new firefighters on 4 June
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The Citizen reports that after a three-month intensive induction training programme, 91 brave men and women started work at various Johannesburg fire stations on 4 June.
Junior mining companies ideal for job creation, deputy minerals minister tells indaba
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Fin24 reports that according to the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant, investment in smaller mining companies could help stem the tide of job losses in the troubled sector and speed up the process of beneficiation.
'If you don’t fill these medical specialist posts‚ the whole health structure will collapse'
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Timeslive reports that SA is facing the risk of an even more severe shortage of specialist doctors - a scenario that would hit the state and private health sectors hard‚ and one that has the health minister “worried”.
SABC asked by portfolio committee to attend to its staff's grievances
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News24 reports that the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications has impressed on the board of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) the importance of restoring trust with its employees.
State leads the way in meeting racial employment equity targets, but disability still a challenge
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BusinessLive reports that according to Public Service and Administration Minister Ayanda Dlodlo, the public service has met employment equity targets for racial quotas.
Samwu denies involvement of members in sabotage of water supplies in Ugu district
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Afro Voice reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has distanced itself from what its provincial secretary Jaycee Ncanana called “acts of criminality” in the Ugu District Municipality.
Mpumalanga hospitals and clinics to be protected by armed guards
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BusinessLive reports that provincial hospitals and clinics in Mpumalanga are to be protected by armed guards following a spate of robberies at health facilities in the province over the past few months.
Solidarity launches four-pronged steel industry initiative amid global steel crisis
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Engineering News reports that Solidarity on Tuesday launched a four-pronged initiative to address and mitigate the impacts of the global steel crisis on local steel producers in an attempt to save jobs and local manufacturing capacity.
SAA touts surplus pilots and cabin crew to other airlines as it scraps routes
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Bloomberg reports that SA Airways (SAA) is offering surplus pilots and cabin crew to major global carriers as part of a bid to cut costs and secure alliances in its three-year turnaround plan.
Metrobus drivers belonging to Demawusa embark on strike, block buses at depot
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News24 reports that commuters in some areas served by Johannesburg's Metrobus routes were forced to use alternative buses and forms of transport on Tuesday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 5 June 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, 5 June 2018.
Talks to break impasse over municipal wage increases to be held later this week
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Afro Voice reports that the SA Local Government Association (Salga) is hopeful the upcoming municipal wage negotiations, set to take place on Thursday and Friday, will produce a breakthrough.
Sapu calls for speedy conclusion to Phahlane disciplinary case
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Afro Voice reports that the South African Policing Union (Sapu) has called for a speedy conclusion to the disciplinary case against former acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane.
PSA’s looming public sector strike scorned by Cosatu
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Afro Voice reports that the notice served on the government on Monday by the Public Servants Association (PSA) of a national strike over public sector wage rises has heightened tensions with rival Cosatu.
Appalling conditions for cash-in-transit guards lead to collusion with criminals
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The Star reports that poor working conditions and meagre salaries in a highly dangerous environment are major contributors that have pushed some cash-in-transit guards to collude with gangs.
Thousands of Sundays River Valley farm workers striking for higher wages
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GroundUp reports that thousands of farm workers in the Sundays River Valley area in the Eastern Cape have been striking since last Thursday demanding higher wages.
NUM rails against Eskom’s 0% wage increase offer
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Mining Weekly reports that members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region who are employees at Eskom have resolved not to accept the utility’s offer of a 0% wage increase.
Changes coming at KPMG SA as international parent moves in and 400 jobs get chopped
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BusinessLive reports that with KPMG SA having lost its ability to rehabilitate its image and win back the confidence of its corporate clients in SA, KPMG International is looking to take much deeper and extensive control of the local outfit.
SA’s public transport system unreliable, inadequate and dangerous, analyst tells inquiry
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BusinessLive reports that independent transport analyst Paul Browning says the management of the SA transport system is dysfunctional and impedes its development and the formalisation of a chaotic minibus-taxi industry.
New police bosses crack down on ‘criminal cops’
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The Citizen reports that the national police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, and police minister, Bheki Cele, talked tough on crime on Monday, while admitting that they also faced some serious questions within their own ranks.
Deutsche Bank cuts units in SA as part of global review, job losses not known
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Fin24 reports that Deutsche Bank is shutting down most of its corporate-finance division in South Africa as part of a global review of its business.
Public Servants Association set to strike from 11 June over wages
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BusinessLive reports that the 230,000 strong Public Servants Association (PSA) is set to down tools on 11 June, after its members rejected a wage deal offered by the government.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 4 June 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, 4 June 2018.
Department of Labour taking steps to get Johannesburg Labour Centre reopened
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The Department of Labour reports that it has moved a step closer towards the reopening of the Johannesburg Labour Centre (JLC) to address service delivery.
Fares, fuel hikes to hit commuters hard
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Cape Argus writes that cash-strapped consumers, especially commuters, are in for a wallop of a fuel price increase that will see a steep increase in transport costs.
Stakeholders in mining industry pledge to collaborate to achieve zero harm
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Mining Weekly reports that precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater is concerned that a plateau has been reached in reducing fatalities in SA’s mining industry.
Health Ombudsman warns that SA’s public healthcare system on verge of collapse
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eNCA reports that Health Ombudsman, Malegapuru Makgoba, has warned that SA’s healthcare system is on the verge of collapse.
Three ex-employees found guilty after seven years in courts of defrauding Compensation Fund
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Timeslive reports that three former employees of the Department of Labour’s Compensation Fund were found guilty in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court last week of defrauding the fund.
Striking municipal workers blamed for dry taps in Ugu district
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Afro Voice reports that striking municipal workers have been blamed for taps running dry in the Ugu district.
People’s Health Movement withdraws from Nehawu body for failure to condemn violent hospital protests
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GroundUp reports that the People’s Health Movement SA (Phmsa) has withdrawn its membership from the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) health sub-committee.