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.
Consulting engineering jobs decline even as demand for technical staff rises
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Business Report writes that employment in the consulting engineering industry declined by 4% year-on-year in the second half of last year to an estimated 23,349 jobs.
Zwane to “take the Mining Charter to the people” with provincial roadshows
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Miningmx reports that Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane is to embark on provincial roadshows in the next two weeks in order to “take the [Mining] Charter to the people” and to raise awareness.
Department of Labour to host workshops on Employment Equity in all provinces
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The Department of Labour will be hosting its annual workshops and roadshows from 11 July to 8 September in all provinces to promote the implementation and compliance with the Employment Equity Act.
Galane, Vantage extend date for signing of acquisition agreement covering Lily Mine
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Mining Weekly reports that Galane Gold and Vantage Goldfields have agreed to extend to 26 June the date by which a binding acquisition agreement between the parties will be executed.
Saftu fully behind Numsa's wage battle in metal and engineering sector
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ANA reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says that it is 100 percent in solidarity with its affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), in the union’s struggle to negotiate a new wage agreement in the metal and engineering industries sector.
Gauteng mortuary strike could end on Friday
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Sowetan reports that the two-week strike by Gauteng forensic pathology services workers might come to an end on Friday.
Deloitte report shows increases in CEO guaranteed pay much higher than inflation
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Moneyweb reports that increases in the guaranteed pay of chief executives at the largest 100 JSE-listed companies have exceeded inflation by a considerable margin over the past five years on a compound annual growth rate basis.
Leadership fight at next week’s congress could threaten Nehawu unity
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BusinessLive writes that Cosatu’s biggest affiliate, the National Health Education and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), could emerge from next week’s elective congress in Boksburg bruised.
Samwu denies involvement of its members in setting Mangaung City Hall alight
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eNCA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has rejected reports that its members were involved in setting the Mangaung City Hall on fire.
Numsa, employers in engineering sector deadlocked on wage negotiations
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ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Wednesday that wage negotiations in the engineering sector have deadlocked after the union rejected the 5.3% wage increase offered made by employers earlier this month.
Bloemfontein City Hall set alight, allegedly by striking municipal workers
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News24 reports that a battle erupted in Bloemfontein on Wednesday after more than 1,000 members of the South African Municipal Workers Union allegedly set fire to the city hall.
JMPD braces for anti-Uber march by metered taxi drivers on Thursday
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EWN reports that Johannesburg law enforcement officers are bracing for a busy day on Thursday ahead of an expected march by metered taxi drivers.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 21 June 2017
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 21 June 2017.
Zwane insists ANC was consulted on amended mining charter — but some disagree
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BusinessLive reports that the controversy dogging the revised Mining Charter continued on Tuesday with Minerals Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane claiming that he had consulted his colleagues in the ANC "up to its top six officials" and that “all of them agreed with this charter.”
Consumer inflation at 5.4% in May stabilises within target range
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BusinessLive reports that consumer inflation remained within the Reserve Bank's 3%-6% target range in May, with the consumer price index (CPI) ticking up to 5.4%, from 5.3% in April.
Recovery of manufacturing sector key to job creation, says Manufacturing Circle
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Engineering News reports that manufacturing industry body, the Manufacturing Circle, believes one-million new jobs could be created if the manufacturing sector’s share of gross domestic product (GDP) was restored.
Taxi industry planning on a national strike and protests on 15 July
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Business Report writes that the taxi industry, whose protests last week resulted in many of the streets around Johannesburg and Midrand becoming gridlocked, is planning to embark on a national strike and protests next month.
NUM lodges appeal after miners dismissed at Sibanye’s Cooke mine for illegal strike
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The Citizen reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has lodged a formal appeal over the dismissal of mineworkers by Sibanye Gold at its Cooke operations in Westonaria.
Hlaudi to mount legal challenge to SABC dismissal by the end of the week
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TimesLive reports that former SA Broadcasdting Corporation (SABC) COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng will be fighting his dismissal from the public broadcaster and will apparently submit a legal challenge by the end of the week.
Chamber of Mines meets ANC over revised mining charter
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ANA reports that the Chamber of Mines (COM) said on Tuesday that a group of its office bearers met a delegation from the ANC, at the Chamber’s request, to discuss the amended 2017 Mining Charter.
Construction worker's body recovered from hole dug for piping
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TimesLive reports that the body of a construction worker who on Monday fell down a hole that he and his colleagues had dug in Etwatwa‚ Daveyton‚ has been recovered.
Thousands of nursing students to rewrite bridging course exams after leaks
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BusinessLive reports that thousands of nursing students across SA have to rewrite their bridging course examinations after it emerged that question papers were leaked.
Untu train drivers boycott Cape Town’s Central Line over safety concerns
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Cape Argus reports that train drivers belonging to the United National Transport Union (Untu) will no longer be working on the notorious Central Line between Langa and Cape Town.
NUM calls off Msobo Coal strike over withdrawal from centralised bargaining
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ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has announced that a strike at Msobo Coal mine in Mpumalanga that started on Tuesday has come to end after the company withdrew its letter of resignation from the Chamber of Mines.
Agreement to end Gauteng mortuary strike on the cards
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eNCA reports that Gauteng health authorities will be holding a special meeting to resolve problems affecting forensic pathology assistants in the province.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 20 June 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, 20 June 2017.
'Commuter anger' results in another torched Metrorail train in Cape Town
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News24 reports that Metrorail confirmed on Tuesday that another train has been torched in Cape Town due to apparent commuter frustration.
Mining Charter set to worsen stakeholder relations, warns Bench Marks Foundation
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Mining Weekly reports that the Board of the Bench Marks Foundation (BMF) said on Tuesday that the new Mining Charter was the flawed outcome of inadequate consultation with communities and warned that the document was poised to worsen stakeholder relations.
New labour federation Saftu calls for nationalisation of SA Reserve Bank
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Fin24 reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said on Tuesday that changing the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) mandate to support growth was not a viable solution and it should be nationalised instead.
Judges’ clerks win case against Office of the Chief Justice over posts
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Netwerk24 reports that 17 judges’ clerks have succeeded with their urgent application in the Labour Court in Johannesburg to get their posts declared full-time.