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.
Seven years' backpay for 61 reinstated Pick n Pay staff who were fired unfairly
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TimesLive reports that sixty-one Pick n Pay staff have been reinstated by the Labour Appeal Court after being fired for going on strike for an hour in 2010.
Chamber of Mines’ wage offer for coal mines favourable, says Solidarity
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Mining Weekly reports that trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday that it had received a favourable wage offer from the Chamber of Mines, following extensive coal industry pay bargaining.
Cosatu apologises to Joburg MMC Michael Sun for racist slurs
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News24 reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has apologised unreservedly for the barrage of insults hurled at City of Johannesburg MMC for Public Safety Michael Sun, saying it did not condone racism or racial discrimination.
Workers at Gupta-owned Shiva Uranium Mine strike over alleged unfair labour practices and racism
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SABC News reports that workers at the Gupta-owned Shiva Uranium Mine at Hartebeestfontein in North West have downed tools over alleged unfair labour practices and racism.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on Tuesday, 3 October 2017
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 3 October 2017.
Farm worker (116) wins right to be buried on Limpopo farm
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EWN reports that centenarian John Chisale has been buried on the farm he had been fighting to live on after a High Court ruling in Limpopo on Friday.
Emergency call centre strikers to march to Union Buildings on 16 October
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eNCA reports that 10111 emergency call centre workers will continue with the strike they initiated in July and aim to march to the Union Buildings on 16 October to demand a review of their salary grading.
TVET workers in Joburg block entrance to Parktown college over pay progression
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Sowetan reports that disgruntled workers from seven Central Johannesburg Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) branches blocked the entrance to the college in Parktown on Monday‚ demanding pay progression.
SAPS denies plan to shed posts, but is looking to freeze 3,000 positions
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The Star reports that the Police Ministry has dismissed reports that it plans to shed 3,000 jobs to curb its budget spending, with spokesperson Vuyo Mhaga saying the plans in its performance report believed to have been tabled before the National Treasury had been misinterpreted.
Metalworkers to intensify wage strike at South32 Hillside smelter in Richards Bay
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ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) on Monday vowed to intensify its strike against South 32 in KwaZulu-Natal after a marathon negotiation session to resolve the strike deadlocked.
Samwu members accuse Joburg mayor Mashaba of sowing divisions within union
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EWN reports that members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in the Joburg region have accused Mayor Herman Mashaba of trying to divide and destabilise the union for his own political gain.
NUM signs three-year agreement with Petra Diamonds covering multiple operations
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ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has signed a three-year wage agreement with Petra Diamonds covering operations at the Cullinan Diamond Mine, Finsch Diamond Mine, Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture and Koffiefontein Joint Venture.
Marikana: 653 plaintiffs lodged claims worth over R1.1bn, says SAPS
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News24 reports that MPs heard on Monday that the SA Police Service (SAPS) was in the process of settling 653 civil claims worth R1.17bn for injuries and deaths that occurred in the 2012 Marikana massacre.
Vehicles of Bapo-Ba-Mogale tribal authority torched at protest for mine jobs
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ANA reports that no arrests have been made after four vehicles and a bus belonging to the Bapo-Ba-Mogale community in Bapong near Brits were set alight last week. Police are investigating malicious damage to property charges.
Striking 10111 call centre workers threaten legal action against SAPS
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TimesLive reports that police emergency call centre workers are forging ahead with an unprotected strike and have threatened to take legal action against their employer.
Barclays Africa grants CEO Maria Ramos a R24m long-term incentive award
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Business Report writes that Barclays Africa has awarded chief executive officer Maria Ramos a R24m long-term incentive award, the company announced on Monday.
Two more arrested for assassination-style murder of Harmony Gold regional manager
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ANA reports that two more suspects, aged 27 and 35, have been arrested for the murder of Harmony Gold manager Simphiwe Kubheka, police said on Monday.
Labour federation Fedusa appeals to Transport Minister to appoint a new Prasa board
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City Press reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) and its affiliate in railway passenger transport, the United National Transport Union (Untu), have made an urgent call for to Transport Minister, Joe Maswanganyi, to appoint a new Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) board.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on Monday, 2 October 2017
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Shoprite boss gets R31.26m for 2017 including bonuses
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Business Report writes that Shoprite Holdings chief executive Pieter Engelbrecht received a total remuneration of R31.26-million for 2017, including bonuses, according the retailer’s annual report.
Police officer killed by rowdy patrons at pub in Roodepoort
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ANA reports that police are investigating the circumstances in which a SA Police Service (SAPS) officer was killed, allegedly by rowdy pub patrons, in the early hours of Saturday morning in Roodepoort, Johannesburg.
Numsa members down tools at South 32's aluminium smelter in Richards Bay
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TimesLive reports that over 600 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) embarked on a wage strike on Saturday at the South 32 aluminium smelter in Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal.
Assassins stalk Marikana amid reports of warfare between Amcu tribal factions
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The Star writes that Marikana is again degenerating into a death zone, with reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is at war with itself, as ethnic rivalry and a dispute over leadership turn into a bloodbath.
Gauteng Premier Makhura will phase out labour brokers, but can’t ban them
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Business Report writes that following Cosatu’s nationwide march last week against corruption and state capture, metalworkers’ union Numsa claimed to have succeeded in forcing the Gauteng government to ban labour brokers.
Unions and coal firms in critical wage talks on Monday
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BusinessLive reports that trade unions and coal companies represented by the Chamber of Mines (COM) were due to meet on Monday for a crucial round of talks on a multiyear wage deal that will either lead to an agreement or to the launch of dispute proceedings.
Lack of staff frustrates cardiologist at Mthatha’s Nelson Mandela Academic hospital
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Saturday Dispatch reports that a frustrated and highly trained heart doctor is sitting in Mthatha’s Nelson Mandela Academic hospital surrounded by high-tech specialist state-of-the-art equipment worth R28-million – but without anyone to help operate it.
Sex workers who are raped are at mercy of system that criminalises them
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Health-E News writes that female sex workers are more likely to be victimised, raped and killed than other women at the hands of both police and clients.
Productivity SA wants LRA changed so that employers must notify DOL of layoff plans
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BusinessLive reports that Productivity SA wants the Labour Relations Act’s (LRA's) section 189 amended to compel companies in distress to report retrenchment plans to the Department of Labour (DOL).
Labour federation Saftu angered by latest SA employment statistics
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ANA reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has expressed its outrage at the latest figures in Statistics SA’s quarterly employment survey, which revealed a loss of 34,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2017.
Police make breakthrough in killing of Golden Arrow bus driver
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ANA reports that detectives on Friday arrested two suspects in connection with the deadly shooting of a Golden Arrow bus driver while he was still at the wheel of the vehicle.