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.
A Re Yeng takes over Mamelodi bus service from Autopax from Monday
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Pretoria News reports that Pretoria's A Re Yeng Bus Service will be taking over bus operations from AutoPax in Mamelodi with effect from Monday.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted from Friday, 29 September to Sunday, 1 October 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, 29 September to Sunday, 1 October 2017.
Numsa scores many new members in Klerksdorp as internal squabbles divide NUM
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Mail & Guardian reports that more than a thousand National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members in Klerksdorp have defected to the rival National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) because of factional battles. This could cost the NUM its position as the majority union in the area.
Mashaba accuses Cosatu of racist treatment of mayoral committee member Michael Sun
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BusinessLive reports that Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has lashed out at union federation Cosatu for its treatment of his member of the mayoral committee for public safety‚ Michael Sun‚ during its march against state capture on Wednesday.
Police call on striking 10111 workers to return to work or face disciplinary action
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TimesLive reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) on Thursday called on all striking 10111 call centre workers to return to work no later than Friday or face disciplinary steps.
Jobs crisis worsens as SA loses 34,000 jobs in quarter ended June
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BusinessLive writes that the SA economy continues to bleed jobs, with Statistics SA reporting on Thursday that employment had declined by 34,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2017.
Hawks roped in by SACE to tackle bogus teachers
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Daily News reports that there has been a steep rise in the number of teachers submitting fraudulent qualifications for registration to the South African Council of Educators (SACE).
eNCA in another dispute about contractless employment
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The Star reports that another labour-related legal tussle looms for news organisation eNCA over more allegations of contractless employment at the channel.
Violent protest amid wage strike at Makro store in northern Joburg
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eNCA reports that a violent protest broke out on Friday at a Makro store in northern Johannesburg, according to a Thomson Reuters witness.
Petra Diamonds reaches wage deal with NUM ending strike at Finsch, Koffiefontein
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Reuters reports that Petra Diamonds said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on pay at the company’s Finsch and Koffiefontein operations, ending a strike at the two mines.
University of Johannesburg professor accused of fraud of R25m resigns
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TimesLive reports that, in the best interests of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), Professor Roy Marcus has resigned both as the chair of council and as a council member, but without admitting to any wrongdoing.
Selling of jobs at Soweto hospital prompts intervention and dismissals
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TimesLive reports that an intervention team has been dispatched to the Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto‚ which has seen jobs being sold and a staff member doing private work while on "leave"‚ amid other challenges.
Labour department says increase minimum wages to cut down on strikes
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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Labour says increasing minimum wages as a countermeasure to poverty and inequality could reduce the number of strikes in SA.
Harmony mine manager shot dead amidst 'zama zama war’
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Netwerk24 reports that the regional manager of Harmony Gold’s Thsepong and Phakisa mine near Odendaalsrus in the Free State was shot dead on Thursday afternoon shortly after he left that company’s premises.
Solidarity signs three-year wage agreement with Exxaro
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ANA reports that trade union Solidarity has signed a collective agreement on wages and other conditions of service for the next three years on behalf of its members at Exxaro Resources.
Worker dies at Impala Platinum mine from a rockfall
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eNCA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday that a mineworker had died from a rockfall at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on Thursday, 28 September 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, 28 September 2017.
Cosatu and SACP’s grievances legitimate, say analysts
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The Citizen writes that nationwide marches on Wednesday by labour federation Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP) were more than a factional battle for the soul of the ANC – they were about genuine issues that affected the whole country.
Home Affairs DG takes his ‘unconstitutional’ suspension to High Court
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TimesLive reports that Home Affairs Director-General, Mkuseli Apleni, has made an urgent application to the Pretoria High Court for a declaration that his suspension from his duties by Minister of Home Affairs Hlengiwe Mkhize was unconstitutional and invalid.
Fewer strikers, but more days lost to work stoppages in 2016
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TimesLive reports that the Department of Labour’s Industrial Action report for 2016‚ released on Thursday, showed that in term of wages lost, the South African labour economy lost approximately R161 million due to work stoppages in 2016, compared to R116 million in 2015.
Before end of the year, no more labour brokers for Gauteng government
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SABC News reports that Gauteng has decided to do away with labour brokers before the end of the year.
No work means no pay, KZN teachers told
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TimesLive reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) department of education has found itself at odds with trade union federation Cosatu by threatening to withhold pay for teachers who participated in the national shutdown on Wednesday.
Deaf plumber claims unfair discrimination for not being insourced at Tuks
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Pretoria News writes that the University of Pretoria (Tuks) is on a collision course with a deaf plumber whose outsourced employment term will run out in three days’ time.
Online 'whites only' job ad removed after 20 days
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News24 reports that an advertisement specifying that "only white candidates" should apply for a digital design position in the Western Cape was removed from a local recruitment website on Wednesday, more than 20 days after it was posted.
What was Cosatu's big hullabaloo, analysts ask
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News24 reports that analysts have dismissed labour federation Cosatu’s countrywide mass action on Wednesday as "nothing new" and say the marches will have very little impact on President Jacob Zuma’s political fortunes.
Strike at Finsch Mine in Northern Cape set to intensify
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EWN reports that the strike at Petra Diamonds' Finsch Mine in the Northern Cape was expected to intensify on Thursday morning following failed negotiations between mine management and workers.
Setting up legal framework for NHI to take ‘twice as long as planned’
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BusinessLive reports that developing the legal framework to breathe life into the National Health Insurance (NHI) policy is likely to take twice as long as the government has planned.
Cosatu strike affected schooling with pupils and teachers staying at home
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BusinessLive reports that schooling was the hardest hit community service due to union federation Cosatu’s nationwide ‘state capture’ strike on Wednesday‚ with learners told to stay at home or turned back due to the absence of teachers.
Eldos teachers back at work after agreement between education department and Sadtu
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BusinessLive reports that the Gauteng department of education has reached an agreement with the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) in terms of which all teachers at 30 schools in Eldorado Park will return to their posts on Thursday.
Pan African CEO defends officials at mineral resources and water affairs
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BusinessLive reports that at a time when the general sentiment towards the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and minister Mosebenzi Zwane is negative and hostile, Pan African Resources CEO Cobus Loots speaks of a more constructive relationship.