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.
New book argues that to understand Marikana you need to examine trade union history
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In a new Jacana Media publication, ‘Solidarity Road: The Story of a Trade Union in the Ending of Apartheid’, Jan Theron writes about the values that shaped the trade union struggle and the decisions and practices which undermined them.
Numsa Investment Company to create umbrella retirement fund
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Moneyweb reports that Numsa Investment Company has applied for a section 13B licence to set up an umbrella fund such that employees at small factories will be able to invest in its retirement fund.
Philip Morris halts production at strike-hit Boksburg tobacco factory
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BusinessLive reports that tobacco group Philip Morris International has suspended production at its strike-hit Boksburg factory on Gauteng’s East Rand as a precautionary measure.
Government dragging out implementation of minimum wage, says Cosatu
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IOL News reports that Cosatu has once again accused the government and big business of dragging their feet on introducing a national minimum wage (NMW) for the country.
Amcu meets Sasol management in bid to end mining strike
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TimesLive reports that over 2‚000 Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) members who work at Sasol coal mines in Secunda‚ Mpumalanga have been on strike for the past two months.
Spectre of Numsa wage strike hangs over retail motor industry
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Business Report writes that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), confirmed on Thursday that the union was consulting members about a possible wage strike in the retail motor industry.
Unions warn of secondary strike if Robertson Winery wage talks fail
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Business Report writes that unions belonging to SA’s soon-to-be launched new labour federation are warning of a secondary strike at Robertson Winery (RW) in the Western Cape.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 20 October 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 20 October 2016
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 19 October 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Two-day strike at Durban mortuary comes to an end
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News24 reports that the doors at the Gale Street Medico-Legal Mortuary in Durban have reopened following a two-day strike, the KwaZulu-Natal health department said on Wednesday.
Roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 19 October 2016
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In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Tuesday, 18 October 2016.
Merafong can’t cut water supply of Blyvooruitzicht mining community
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The Citizen reports that the Merafong municipality has been interdicted from discontinuing the piped water supply to the Blyvooruitzicht mining community and was ordered to come up with a plan to repair the water and sewerage infrastructure.
Over 3‚000 doctors and nurses recruited by Gauteng health in year to August
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TMG Digital reports that the Gauteng Department of Health recruited a total of 3‚256 doctors and nurses between January and August this year.
Working on Fire defends salaries of 300 firefighters in Canada
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Cape Times reports that Working on Fire’s (WoF’s) Trevor Abrahams has refuted claims of exploitation of workers, telling MPs that the 300 firefighters the organisation sent to Canada in June were essentially there as volunteers.
Striking workers burn tyres outside Boksburg premises of Philip Morris
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TMG Digital reports that on Wednesday strikers at tobacco company Philip Morris International blocked the main road leading to the company’s factory in Boksburg with burning tyres.
School ANAs re-engineered and to be written only every three years
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The Mercury reports that teacher unions are claiming a major victory after the Department of Basic Education agreed to demands to write the “objectionable” Annual National Assessment (ANA) exams only every three years.
SABC ordered to submit new affidavits in SABC 8 culpability matter
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EWN reports that the Labour Court has given the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) until Tuesday next week to rewrite and submit new affidavits that indicate who was responsible for the decision to dismiss eight SABC journalists.
Sibanye clears last regulatory hurdle for acquisition of Amplats' Rustenburg mines
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Reuters reports that Sibanye Gold has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for its $330 million acquisition of Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats’) Rustenburg mines.
Shoprite shareholders urged to vote against remuneration policy
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BusinessLive reports that black-owned and managed stockbroking firm Legae Securities wants Shoprite shareholders to vote against 10 of the 21 resolutions at the AGM on 31 October.
Wits staff protest against police on campus
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GroundUp reports that on Tuesday about 50 to 60 academic and administrative staff protested outside Wits University’s Great Hall to raise concerns about the heavy police presence on campus.
Amcu strike in Trichardt not linked to mine strikes
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Ridge Times reported on Tuesday that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) were protesting in Trichardt.
At 6.1% in September, consumer inflation back above Reserve Bank target
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BusinesLive reports that consumer inflation accelerated in September, rising back above the 6% upper limit that the Reserve Bank targets when setting interest rates.
Eastern Cape traffic officers’ outstanding overtime ‘being processed’
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DispatchLive reports that “hundreds” of Eastern Cape provincial traffic officers across six districts are owed more than R9.2-million for overtime worked. As a result they have stopped working overtime until they receive the money owed to them.
Pick n Pay on track with its job creation plan
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Business Report writes that Pick n Pay Stores created more than 2,000 new jobs in the first half of its financial year and opened 74 new stores as part of plans to grow its market share.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 18 October 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 18 October 2016
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In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Monday, 17 October 2016.
Taxi drivers block Joburg streets on Tuesday
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TMG Digital reports that taxi drivers have on Tuesday blocked streets in Johannesburg leading to the Premier’s office‚ the department of safety and the department of transport.
Marikana lessons: This is our new normal, says Lonmin boss on #FeesMustFall
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City Press reports that Lonmin CE Ben Magara weighed in on the #FeesMustFall protests sweeping SA universities during a recent forum hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Mining “TRC Two” seen as a first step towards addressing trust deficit
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BusinessLive reports that according to Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye Gold and vice-president of the Chamber of Mines, the establishment of a process such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is needed to build trust in the fractured mining industry.
Paramedics robbed at knife point at Howick Falls
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TMG Digital reports that on Tuesday morning two ER24 paramedics were robbed of their cell phones and cash at Howick Falls in KwaZulu-Natal.