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.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Solidarity achieves acceptance by insurer RMA of claims of injured Gold One hostages
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Maroela Media reports that Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) has now accepted the claims for damages of five Solidarity members who had been brutally assaulted by armed, striking mineworkers.
School transport driver detained after Cape Town traffic officer run over on Tuesday
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News24 reports that a City of Cape Town traffic officer is in hospital after a driver transporting pupils to school knocked him over in Athlone on Tuesday.
Number of unemployed people rose to a record high of 8.38m in second quarter of 2024
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BL Premium writes that SA’s economy is not creating jobs fast enough to absorb all the people entering the job market, which has led to the number of job seekers unable to find work rising to a new high of 8.38-million people.
Sex trafficking of Basotho women into SA rages on, US report shows
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BL Premium reports that the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, produced by the US State Department, indicates that complicity between SA and Lesotho officials has enabled sex trafficking of Basotho women into SA to continue with “impunity”.
Old KZN provincial legislature building in Ulundi not fit as a workplace
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EWN reports that the Public Works and Infrastructure Department in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says the old provincial legislature building in Ulundi is not conducive for working.
Poor literacy contributing to SA’s youth unemployment, says expert
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The Citizen reports that South Africans continue to search for possible reasons and solutions for the high rate of unemployment in the country.
Two Midrand Highway Patrol officers arrested for alleged kidnapping and extortion of ‘illegal miner’
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TimesLIVE reports that the Springs Magistrate's Court has postponed the case against two police officers arrested by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) for alleged kidnapping and extortion to Wednesday for a formal bail application.
Manager, an employee and another person arrested after armed robbery at Brits Mall shop
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IOL News reports that shop manager, Reborn Chiloane, a shop employee Regomoditswe Mmethi and a third suspect were set to appear before the Brits Magistrate’s Court on Monday after the business was robbed.
Goldplat ordered to reinstate five Amcu members who were unfairly dismissed for joining the union
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BusinessLive reports that in a judgment that affirms the right of workers to join unions, the Labour Court has ordered Goldplat to reinstate five employees it dismissed for being members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu).
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 13 August 2024
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Challenging SA job market shows year-on-year decline in hiring activity
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Moneyweb reports that CareerJunction’s latest employment insights report reveals a concerning trend in SA’s job market, with a notable decline in hiring activity during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024.
Annual leave not a ‘piggy bank’ system, so employees must take annual leave or lose it
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Richard Brown of Herold Gie Attorneys writes that a new judgment from the Labour Court stresses that taking a break every year is one of an employee’s fundamental rights, but reminds employees that leave not taken within six months of the relevant leave cycle would be lost without any later payout.
Strike by municipal employees not off the table in final round of wage talks this week
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BL Premium reports that while a debilitating strike is not off the table, the country’s two largest municipal trade unions are hopeful parties will reach an agreement during the third and final round of wage talks at the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).
Roundup on Monday, 12 August 2024 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related stories that recently appeared.
Four security guards gunned down in suspected Phoenix 'drug turf war'
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TimesLIVE reports that four security guards died in Phoenix when gunmen stormed a car wash and opened fire on Thursday. A fifth person was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Looming jobs bloodbath in eThekwini sparks debate on EPWP reform
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TimesLIVE reports that a looming jobs bloodbath in the eThekwini Expanded Public Works Employment Programme (EPWP) due to a reduction of R42m in the incentive grant from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has drawn attention to the need for reform.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 8 August 2024
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Municipal protest at Thusong Service Centre in Mamelodi closes walk-in UIF services at the shared centre
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The Citizen reports that protests at a municipal services centre in Mamelodi have halted operations at the area’s Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) office.
Northern Cape Cricket Union’s former financial manager sentenced to four years for pocketing R400,000
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The Citizen reports that a former Northern Cape Cricket Union financial manager has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for depositing payments due to service providers, totalling more than R400,000, into his own account.
Gauteng traffic officer facing criminal charges after heated argument with EMPD officers
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The Citizen reports that a Gauteng traffic police officer is facing criminal charges after having been filmed during a heated argument with Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officers.
Seven to appear in court for theft from Rustenburg mine of precious metals worth R350m
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TimesLIVE reports that seven suspects were arrested in Rustenburg and Brits in the North West on Wednesday for alleged theft of precious metals worth R350m.
In past six years, PSiRA revoked registrations of over 4,000 private security company for non-compliance
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EWN reports that the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) says that over the past six years it revoked over 4,400 company registrations for non-compliance.
DA calls on national government to intervene and stop attacks on Western Cape social workers
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EWN reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape has called on national government to step in and help stop the attacks on social workers in the province.
Woman who duped two municipalities into paying money into her account charged in Kimberley court
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TimesLIVE reports that a woman who allegedly duped two municipalities into depositing close to R1m into her bank account appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
‘We will get you’, Nzuza warns Home Affairs officials who provide illegal foreigners with SA IDs
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The Citizen reports that Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Deputy Minister of Njabulo Nzuza has sent a stern warning to officials who collude with undocumented foreigners to give them SA identity documents.
Nedbank slashes half its office space as work from home takes hold
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Moneyweb reports that Nedbank has cut the amount of office space it utilises across SA and the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region by more than half since 2016 as it moved to ‘consolidate’ and ‘standardise’ its own buildings.
Former Popcru boss and GEMS chair Nkosinathi Theledi found murdered in his car in Mpumalanga
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IOL News reports that Mpumalanga police are investigating the murder of former police union executive member, Nkosinathi Theledi.
Three City Power employees among group caught red-handed stealing copper worth R20,000
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News24 reports that three City Power employees were among a group who were allegedly caught red-handed stealing copper brazing rods worth R20,000 from a City Power office on Sunday.
Four Koelenhof farmworkers die after drinking ‘expired alcohol’ suspected to have been poisoned
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Cape Argus reports that the farming community of Koelenhof in Stellenbosch is mourning four farmworkers who died after drinking ‘expired alcohol’.