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.
ANC angry at those who prevented Zuma from speaking at Cosatu rally
- Details
TMG Digital/BusinessLive report that the ANC has accused those who prevented President Jacob Zuma from speaking at Cosatu’s main Workers’ Day rally on Monday of reducing the significance of the day by their "unacceptable behaviour".
Solidarity and AfriForum challenge racial sports quotas in court
- Details
BusinessTech reports that Solidarity and AfriForum have challenged the SA Rugby Union (SARU), Cricket SA (CSA), Athletics SA (ASA) and Netball SA (NSA) to defend their agreed racial quotas relating to team selection before the Labour Court.
Tensions at workers’ rally ‘expected’ and ‘healthy’, ANC tells Parliament
- Details
The Citizen reports that the ANC in Parliament on Tuesday tried its best to assure the public that President Jacob Zuma having been heckled, shunned and booed away from addressing Cosatu’s workers’ rally in Bloemfontein on Monday was “healthy”.
Second Nkandla ‘fall guy’ will fight another day after another disciplinary postponement
- Details
TimesLive reports that disciplinary hearing for the second Nkandla "fall guy” in Durban on Wednesday morning was postponed after only six minutes.
Group Five retrenches following restructuring of loss-making cluster
- Details
Business Report writes that listed construction company Group Five is going through a restructuring process and is set to retrench.
Saftu mulls formation of workers’ party
- Details
Daily News reports that the newly formed South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) is exploring the possibility of forming a new political party, which would participate in future elections on behalf of workers.
Chamber’s coal members in stand-off with unions over decentralised wage talks
- Details
David McKay reports that discussions regarding how wage talks will be held in SA’s coal industry remain deadlocked, raising the risk that unions might embark on a national strike.
Servest set to double its Cape Town staff complement within next three years
- Details
Business Report writes that integrated facilities management firm Servest is confident it can double its workforce of 4,500 in Cape Town within the next three years. This was indicated by CE Steve Wallbanks on Tuesday at the launch of the firm’s new head office in Ndabeni, Cape Town.
Truck driver fatally shot by ‘hitchhikers’ in KZN
- Details
The Citizen reports that a truck driver was shot and killed by three men pretending to be hitchhikers in the Mfekayi area of KwaZulu-Natal.
Cabin crew union due to head to court on Wednesday for resumption of SAA action
- Details
BusinessLive reports that the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) is expected to go to court on Wednesday to seek the immediate resumption of industrial action at SA Airways (SAA).
New energy minister lashes PetroSA over executive bonuses
- Details
Business Report writes that Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has lashed out at the executives of PetroSA for paying themselves millions of rands in bonuses after the entity had suffered a financial loss of R14.5-billion.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 2 May 2017
- Details
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 2 May 2017
- Details
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 28 April 2017.
Sacca seeks meeting with SAA over labour dispute that led to strike
- Details
EWN reports that the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) indicated that it was hoping to meet with SA Airways (SAA) on Tuesday to resolve their labour dispute.
Numsa, Saftu join forces in Durban on Workers Day
- Details
eNCA reports that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), used Monday's May Day rally to pay tribute to the country's miners. Numsa joined forces with the newly formed SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) to mark this year's Workers' Day in Durban.
Mpuma Premier Mabuza calls for investment into Lily Gold Mine
- Details
SABC News reports that Mpumalanga Premier, David Mabuza has said that international and domestic mining companies were all welcome to absorb Lily Gold Mine near Barberton and continue with its mining business.
Zama zamas have rights and should be legalised, says BLF
- Details
SABC News reports that Black First Land First (BLF) and small-scale miners gathered on Friday at the Samaria Informal Settlement in Kimberley in the Northern Cape to discuss the treatment of zama-zama's (illegal miners) by government.
Amcu celebrates Workers Day in Welkom
- Details
Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) celebrated Workers Day on Monday with a rally at the Griffons Rugby Stadium, in Welkom, in the Free State.
Wave of bogus City Power technicians hits Joburg
- Details
The Star reports that City Power has warned Johannesburg residents not to allow any person, technician or contractor onto their property without first verifying their credentials with City Power’s risk control unit.
Tzaneen labour inspector nabbed for ‘demanding bribe’
- Details
The New Age reports that an official at the Department of Labour in Tzaneen has been arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe from a construction company owner.
‘Cosatu losing touch with workers led to Zuma being booed’
- Details
The Citizen writes that the collapse of a Workers’ Day rally in Bloemfontein on Monday, where ANC President Jacob Zuma was booed and shown the door, should serve as a “wake-up call” and showed signs of a crumbling ANC-led tripartite alliance.
With burning tyres on tracks, Metrorail suspends JHB-Vereeniging train service
- Details
eNCA reports that Metrorail on Tuesday suspended morning peak train services between Johannesburg and Vereeniging – via Midway – after service delivery protesters placed objects on the tracks and set them alight.
DiamondCorp berates intransigent Amcu as it loses battle for survival
- Details
BusinessLive reports that single-operation, single-commodity resources company DiamondCorp will be putting its listed holding company into administration despite being months away from steady state production.
JMPD recruiting 1‚500 new officers to fight crime in Joburg
- Details
TMG Digital reports that the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) is recruiting 1‚500 new officers to bolster visible policing and fight crime in the city.
Paramedics meet with Gauteng Health MEC to discuss safety issues
- Details
eNCA reports that not everyone celebrated Workers' Day and some Gauteng paramedics met with Gauteng Health MEC, Gwen Ramokgopa, to discuss their safety while on the job.
Private security industry applies for its own bargaining council
- Details
City Press reports that the private security industry has asked for its own bargaining council, which would possibly bring one of SA’s largest sources of employment into the statutory central bargaining system.
Workers shut Zuma up at May Day rally
- Details
BusinessLive reports that workers prevented President Jacob Zuma from addressing a Cosatu Workers Day rally in Bloemfontein on Monday.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted from 28 April 2017 to 1 May 2017
- Details
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 28 April 2017 to Monday, 1 May 2017.
Roundup of labour news on Friday, 28 April 2017
- Details
In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 26 April 2017.
Devastating cabin crew strike ‘symptom of a deeper crisis’ at SAA, says DA
- Details
City Press reports that the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Alf Lees says the cabin crew strike at SA Airways (SAA) is a symptom of a much deeper crisis at the airline.