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.
Nehawu, Sol Plaatje University reach wage agreement ending three week strike
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SABC News reports that members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley have reached a settlement with the higher learning institution after being on strike for three weeks.
Eastern Cape gives cash injection to 26 hospitals to fill over 1,800 critical positions
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BusinessLive reports that the Eastern Cape provincial health department has set aside R300m to fill more than 1‚800 critical posts.
Transport union welcomes that Metrorail’s Cape Town central line to be reopened next week
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Cape Argus reports that the United National Transport Union (UNTU) has welcomed the announcement by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) that operations on Cape Town’s busiest rail route - the central line - would be restored next week.
Shareholder activist Theo Botha calls for details on Coronation R604.5m bonus
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BusinessLive reports that shareholder activist Theo Botha is insisting on Coronation Fund Managers disclosing details ahead of its annual general meeting next week of the awarding of R604.5m in bonuses to its employees.
Arrests in platinum belt killings due to Amcu investigators, claims Mathunjwa
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ANA reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Tuesday that the arrests of six men linked to the killing of mineworkers in Marikana last year was made through the help of the union.
Pan African Resources considering more layoffs and closures as rand hurts high cost shafts
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Miningmx reports that Pan African Resources (PAR) is staring down the barrel at further retrenchments and possible shaft or mine closures should the dollar price of gold stay at current levels and the rand strengthens further against the US dollar.
Three shop stewards who protested racism at Gupta wedding fail to get jobs back
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Timeslive reports that three shop stewards who were fired after going on strike over allegations of racism at the Gupta family’s controversial wedding at Sun City in 2013 have lost their appeal to get their jobs back.
Union federations, business organisations welcome Zuma recall
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Engineering News reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) on Tuesday all welcomed the decision by the ANC’s national executive committee to recall President Jacob Zuma.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 13 February 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, 13 February 2018.
Parents laud Reiger Park High sex scandal principal
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The Star reports that the Reiger Park Secondary School ex-principal whose videos and pictures of himself having sex with pupils and staff went viral has been described as a “nobleman” and a “pillar in the community”.
Activists tell MPs that Prasa employees are threatening them to keep quiet about commuter services
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ANA reports that activist group #UniteBehind on Tuesday told MPs its members were being intimidated and threatened by Passenger Rail Services of SA (Prasa) employees to keep quiet about the state of commuter rail services in the country.
Fourth quarter 2017 unemployment drops to 26.7% from 27.7% in third quarter
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BusinessLive reports that SA’s unemployment rate improved in the 2017 fourth quarter from the third, as might be expected for a quarter that usually brings a temporary hiring boost thanks to the holiday season.
Joburg security firms up in arms over City’s decision to insource guards
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The Star reports that security companies set to lose millions of rand in business from the City of Johannesburg have vowed to challenge the metro’s decision to insource the service.
Call by Saftu for Marikana massacre to be revisited following new revelations
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City Press writes that following its report on Sunday on explosive testimony given by three police officers who were involved in the Marikana massacre, the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and others have called for fresh investigations.
DUT lectures start on Tuesday despite wage strike
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The Mercury reports that the Durban University of Technology (DUT) strike has entered its fifth week, after wage talks deadlocked and mediation failed.
JMPD officer shot in the head on Tuesday during mini taxi bus hijacking
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Timeslive reports that a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer is in hospital after being shot in the head by hijackers.
Metrorail’s Cape Town central line service to be restored by next week
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EWN reports that the Metrorail central line in Cape Town, which has been out of operation for five weeks, will be up and running by next week. T
Another worker killed at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine
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ANA reports that according to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), another mineworker has died at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine, less than a week after two workers were killed at one of the company’s shafts.
Parliament's women's caucus to host sex work summit on 5 March
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News24 reports that Parliament's Multi-Party Women's Caucus (MPWC) said last week that it planned to host a summit on sex work in light of the ANC's resolution to have the practice decriminalised.
Gold mines report progress in preventing deadly silicosis
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GroundUp reports data presented at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town suggest that gold mines might at last be making progress with the prevention of silicosis among miners.
Case postponed after former Amcu members in court on Monday for platinum belt killings
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ANA reports that six former members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) appeared briefly amid tight security at the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 12 February 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, 12 February 2018.
Gigaba cancels urgent Monday meeting with PSA over use of GEPF funds to bail Eskom out
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EWN reports that Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Monday cancelled an urgent meeting with the Public Servants Association (PSA) which was aimed at discussing various matters relating to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and its investment manager the Public Investment Corporation (PIC).
Cop, examiner arrested after scamming 23 job seekers of R10,000 each for JMPD jobs
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The Star reports that twenty-three desperate, unemployed people each paid over R10,000 for fraudulent Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) trainee jobs.
Electrical sub-station 'explosion' in Sunnyside injures workers
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Timeslive reports that an apparent explosion at an electrical sub-station injured two workers‚ one of them seriously‚ in Sunnyside‚ Pretoria‚ on Monday.
Parliament’s police committee slams involvement of senior cops in crime
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Timeslive reports that Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has condemned the participation of senior police officers in criminal activities and said the fight against crime could only be won if led by a credible and corruption-free SA Police Service (SAPS).
Bonus tap opens for top-performing Joburg Water exec after three-year legal fight
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Timeslive reports that the financial chief at Johannesburg Water, Cyrus Tavaria, was annoyed after getting a 107% performance rating at the end of 2014, but being denied a bonus‚ alongside fellow senior managers.
Parental Leave coming as a new leave type, but its relation to maternity leave unclear
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Bradley Workman-Davies, a director at Werksmans Attorneys, writes that a proposed amendment to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act of 1997 has recently been passed by the National Assembly that would introduce, for the first time, the new leave type of Parental Leave.
High level delegation to investigate allegations of torture of civilians in DRC by SA troops
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Timeslive reports that a high level delegation of military lawyers and investigators is to be despatched to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to investigate allegations of scores of civilians having been tortured by South African peacekeepers.
GEPF loan pulled Eskom from brink of default, says PIC
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BusinessLive reports that Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Dan Matjila has revealed that Eskom projected a R10bn negative cash flow for the first week of February and was saved from the brink of defaulting on its debt only by the one-month R5bn bridging facility that the PIC provided.