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.
Outsourced workers block entry to TUT campus on Monday
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The Citizen reports that police had to intervene on Monday when temporary workers at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) blocked the entrance to the main campus in Pretoria West, preventing staff, and students’ buses, from entering.
Ramaphosa to address Cosatu CC meeting on Tuesday
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eNCA reports that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to fill President Jacob Zuma’s shoes on Tuesday to address the Cosatu midterm review central committee conference in Irene, Gauteng.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 29 May 2017
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 29 May 2017.
Cosatu central committee report says e-toll debts must be written off
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Sunday Independent reports that labour federation Cosatu has called for debt owed by motorists on e-tolls to be written off.
Treasury stalks public servants’ dodgy state payouts
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BusinessLive reports that the Treasury wants about 25 government employees who scored R500m from the state in 2016 to pay back the money.
Sasol workers dispersed with rubber bullets amid protest over transport allowance
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EWN reports that hundreds of protesting Sasol workers were dispersed on Monday with rubber bullets and tear gas at the Ekandustria site outside Bronkhorstspruit.
Cosatu president risks removal if he messes up again
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The Star writes that Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini risks being removed from his position should he again bring the labour federation into disrepute.
Illegal Limpopo chrome miners to appear in court on Monday
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ANA reports that five people allegedly involved in widespread illegal mining of chrome in Limpopo were expected to appear in Sekhukhune and Mecklenburg courts on Monday.
ANC national executive committee wants Molefe out as CEO of Eskom
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BusinessLive reports that the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided that reappointed Eskom CEO Brian Molefe should be removed from the post.
Cosatu CC meeting kicks off on Monday, with Cyril expected to address meeting
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eNCA reports that Cosatu’s Sixth Central Committee meeting, which is expected to last for four days, kicks off in Pretoria on Monday.
Despite Labour Minister’s claim, no listed companies fined for EE non-compliance
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Business Report writes that Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant was untruthful when she claimed that more than 50% of the over 21 companies fined for contraventions of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) were JSE-listed companies.
Cosatu says it’s ‘still haunted’ by Vavi sex scandal
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Sunday Independent reports that Cosatu says it continues to be “haunted” by the sex scandal that involved its former general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi.
When taps run dry in Western Cape: Cosatu warns of war and deaths
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City Press reports that labour federation Cosatu has warned of war and deaths as the Western Cape suffers its worst drought in more than 100 years.
Training needed in agri-sector for small farms to grow into commercial farms
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Fin24 reports that expert Gary Collar says that there is a lack of training in the agricultural sector, which is necessary for small farms to grow into commercial farms.
Outsourced TUT strikers vow to shut the institution down on Monday
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The Citizen reports that outsourced contract workers at the University of Technology (TUT) have threatened to shut the institution down on Monday unless management agrees to make them permanent employees.
SAMA wants swift probe into UKZN medical school fraud claims
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News24 reports that allegations that students were being fraudulently enrolled at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN’s) medical school needed to be investigated swiftly, the South African Medical Association (SAMA) said on Tuesday.
Spur rejects grilling by Solidarity, accuses union of ‘specific political agenda’
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TimesLive reports that Spur CEO Pierre van Tonder has accused trade union Solidarity of trying to score "political points" after the union's CE, Dirk Hermann, penned an open letter saying he had "lost his appetite" for the restaurant franchise.
One-day cabin crew strike cost SAA R31.8m and dispute’s not yet resolved
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SowetanLive reports that the one-day strike by SA Airways (SAA) cabin crew staff over meal allowances cost the national carrier about R32-million due to the cancellation of flights.
Protesting tow truck drivers block N2 Freeway to Umhlanga on Friday
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Daily News reports that police and metro police were forced to use stun grenades to disperse protesting tow truck operators who blockaded the N2 Freeway to Umhlanga on Friday morning.
Sex work expected to remain a crime after law reform rethink
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TimesLive reports that a report by the SA Law Reform Commission is expected to recommend continued criminalisation of sex workers when it is unveiled on Friday.
Govt wants workers to be shareholders and to be represented on boards
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Fin24 reports that Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel announced on Thursday that government would be looking to creating opportunities for workers to participate as shareholders in companies and having representatives on company boards.
DA to ask Public Protector to investigate education 'jobs for cash' scandal
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News24 reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) is going to ask the Public Protector to investigate the so-called education ‘jobs for cash’ scandal.
It’s all or nothing, says Nehawu as it intensifies strike action at UP
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News24 reports that members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has vowed that their strike action at the University of Pretoria (UP) would intensify on Friday and that members would be “going all out”.
NUM submits long list of demands to Kumba, with wage increases of up to 16%
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ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) tabled its list of wage review demands to Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) for the 2017 wage negotiations on Thursday.
Msunduzi municipality pays employees after 'technical glitch'
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News24 reports that calm returned to Msunduzi municipality, Pietermaritzburg on Thursday with workers reporting for duty after they were finally paid their salaries, a day after the normal payday of each month.
Shareholders grill MTN over chairman’s R68m payout
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BusinessLive reports that MTN faced a barrage of questions from shareholders over a payout to Phuthuma Nhleko when he was executive chairman, the group’s transformation plans and its risk and compliance systems.
Joburg mayor reverses chief of staff’s R500,000 salary increase
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BusinessLive reports that Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba on Thursday reversed a salary increase awarded to his chief of staff, Michael Beaumont, who received an annual increase of almost R500,000 during his probation period.
Roundup of labour news on Thursday, 25 May 2017
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In our Thursday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 24 May 2017.
Angry Durban commuters torch train, try to dig up line after breakdown
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TMG Digital/TimesLive report that angry commuters torched a train they were travelling on after it broke down at around 6pm on Wednesday in Briardene in Durban.
Public Enterprises Minister to set up Eskom corruption probe headed by retired judge
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Mining Weekly reports that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has announced that she will institute a “broad scope” investigation into allegations of corruption currently hanging over state-owned electricity utility Eskom.