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.
Metrorail suspends all train services on Cape Town central line until further notice
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News24Wire reports that Metrorail Western Cape announced on Monday the suspension of all trains running on the central line, which services areas such as Khayelitsha, Philippi, Mitchells Plain, Bishop Lavis and Langa, until further notice.
Fedusa to meet PIC over Steinhoff meltdown
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ANA reports that labour federation Fedusa said on Monday it would be meeting with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) on how to protect workers’ pensions hit by a heavy sell-off in the securities of beleaguered retailer Steinhoff.
Kaiser Chiefs staff revolt over annual increases and Xmas bonuses
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Sunday World reports that a rebellion over an annual increase and a Christmas bonus at Kaizer Chiefs has erupted at the club's headquarters in Naturena.
Former top judge says ConCourt is duty-bound to legalise sex work
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TimesLive reports on the view of former Constitutional Court Judge Zak Yacoob that if there was one thing the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) still needed to rectify, it was the decriminalisation of prostitution.
Department of Health to complete placement of medical interns this week
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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Health says it will wrap up the placement of final-year medical students in their internship posts this Friday.
Vehicle manufacturing industry shed 823 jobs in third quarter
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Business Report writes that the vehicle manufacturing industry shed 823 jobs in the third quarter of this year, which was partly the result of retrenchments caused by the decision by General Motors SA (GMSA) to disinvest from SA.
Fedusa and Untu call for appointment of acting Prasa CEO to be investigated
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ANA reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) and the United National Transport Union (Untu), its passenger rail sector affiliate, have expressed outrage at the appointment of Cromet Molepo as acting CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).
Web links to selected labour news reports posted from Friday, 8 December to Sunday, 10 December 2017
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 8 December to Sunday, 10 December 2017.
Durban taxi driver shot, killed by passenger on Saturday
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News24 reports that police said on Saturday that a Durban taxi driver had been shot and killed by his own passenger.
Solidarity report paints a bleak picture about career prospects in police force
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Maroela Media reports that in a report released last week on the career prospects that the SA Police Service (SAPS) offers to its non-commissioned officers, trade union Solidarity painted a bleak picture.
Despite crash in Steinhoff stock, public servants’ pensions ‘are safe’, says GEPF
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BusinessLive reports that according to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), public servants need not fear that their pensions would be negatively affected by the spectacular crash of the Steinhoff share price last week.
Mine fatalities in SA rise for first time in almost a decade
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Bloomberg News reports that for the first time in almost a decade, more people are dying in South African mines, the world’s deepest and among the most dangerous.
Hundreds of sick and dying workers in Eastern Cape launch class action against Scaw Metals
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DispatchLive reports that lawyers representing hundreds of sick and dying Eastern Cape workers who were former employees of the now-defunct Dimbaza Foundries have lodged a compensation claim at the Gauteng High Court against the Scaw Metals Group.
Business rescue at Barbrook mine plagued by fraud concerns
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City Press reports that on 28 November creditors of Vantage Goldfields’ Barbrook Mine reported business rescue practitioner Rob Devereux to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), citing concerns over fraud and reckless trading.
Gigaba calls for report on exposure of government employee pension fund to Steinhoff
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Fin24 reports that Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba has asked for a report detailing the extent of the exposure of government pension fund to Steinhoff International, in the wake of the global retailer’s precipitous share price’s decline.
World Bank watchdog to probe International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) stake in Lonmin
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BusinessLive reports that the World Bank’s Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) has recommended an investigation of a $50m cash injection of the bank’s investment arm into platinum producer Lonmin.
Prolonged absences on sick leave cost the state R412 million
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Saturday Star reports that the government has forked out a massive R412 million to 7,830 public servants who have been on long periods of sick leave between January last year and August of this year.
NUM calls for an end to gender-based violence
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eNCA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers (NUM) has added its voice to calls for an end to gender-based violence.
JMPD officer killed in Soweto roadblock on Friday night
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TimesLive reports that a metro officer was run over and killed by a motorist during a roadblock in Soweto on Friday night‚ the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) said on Sunday.
PSA calls for boycott of The Sun Met should ex Steinhoff CEO’s horses compete
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eNCA reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA), whose members' pension fund lost more than R12-billion in investments in the alleged Steinhoff accounting irregularities, has called for a boycott of The Sun Met race should the horses of former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste compete.
Government rejects unions’ wage demands, put inflation-based offer on table
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Fin24 reports that government negotiators on Thursday rejected demands from public sector trade unions for wage increases of between 10% and 12% and a one-year deal, and instead offered Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) linked hikes for junior and mid-level employees.
Municipal union Samwu rejects Salga’s proposal of a five-year salary agreement
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ANA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) would not rush into signing an agreement which does not have any substantive increments for workers, general secretary Simon Mathe said on Thursday.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on Thursday, 7 December 2017
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 7 December 2017.
800 jobs created in Limpopo by DTI’s Black Industrialist Scheme
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Business Report writes that a R48 million grant from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has created 800 jobs in Modjadjiskloof, Limpopo by a food manufacturing company.
All Ladysmith taxi operations suspended after violence in area
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Business Report writes that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mxolisi Kaunda, has announced a shutdown of taxi operations in Ladysmith.
SA companies contributed R9 billion in corporate social investment in 2016/17
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Business Report writes that South African companies contributed R9 billion in corporate social investment (CSI) in 2016/2017, compared with that only R1.5bn that was achieved two decades ago.
Spending on education necessities being sacrificed to fund bloated wage bill
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An analysis by the Financial Mail reveals that over the past three years provincial education departments have quietly shed 2,800 jobs, or 0.5% of their workforce, yet increased their collective spending on personnel by a whopping 22.3%.
South African poultry association cries foul over work conditions in Brazil
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Business Report writes that the SA Poultry Association (Sapa) has voiced concern about reports of forced labour and inhuman conditions in Brazil's meat and poultry industries.
New Northern Cape mining health service centre 'an early Christmas gift'
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News24 reports that the ailing Northern Cape mining community has scored an "early Christmas gift" with the opening of the Kuruman One-Stop Health Service Centre that will provide both health and administrative services.
PSA reckons GEPF members lost more than R12bn in Steinhoff scandal selloff
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EWN reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has called for the safeguarding of pension investments, saying that more than R12 billion has been lost following allegations of accounting irregularities at Steinhoff.