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.
Rea Vaya to reach Sandton central by 2018
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Engineering News reports that the City of Johannesburg aims to bring its Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) system to Sandton central within the next two years.
Eskom continuing to negotiate with unions and doesn’t expect loadshedding
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BDLive reports that Eskom is continuing to negotiate with its trade unions and does not anticipate a strike or that there will be any loadshedding, the power utility’s executives said on Tuesday.
Parliament wins CCMA ruling against Nehawu over bonus payouts
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BDLive reports that the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ruled in Parliament’s favour in its drawn-out battle with union Nehawu over bonus payouts.
AfroCan denies defrauding Lily Mine
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ANA reports that Canadian gold mining company AfroCan Resources Gold on Monday denied allegations that it had deceived Vantage Goldfields over Lily Mine’s $11 million (R156.7 million) business rescue it had promised to invest in the collapsed mine.
SABC fires another three journalists
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News24 reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Tuesday morning fired Busisiwe Ntuli, a specialist producer for the investigative programme Special Assignment, Lukhanyo Calata, a SABC journalist in Cape Town, and economics editor Thandeka Gqubule.
Sex workers continue call for decriminalisation at Durban Aids conference
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The Witness reports that local and foreign sex workers on Monday called on delegates at the 2016 International Aids Conference to support decriminalise of sex work.
Police stop Post Office IICUOSA members from marching
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North Eastern Tribune reports that employees at the SA Post Office (Sapo) were recently stopped by police from marching to Braamfontein to demand answers about a range of issues, including the dismissal of more than 200 workers.
DA to protest outside Parliament on Tuesday over axing of SABC journalists
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ANA reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) indicated its intention to picket outside Parliament on Tuesday against the dismissal of four journalists by the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
Mining houses pledge support for fight against HIV/Aids
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Mining Weekly reports that major miners Anglo American and Harmony Gold have pledged their support for the United Nations' HIV/Aids organisation UNAids’ global #ProTEST HIV campaign.
Solidarity to challenge draft Mining Charter
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Business Report writes that Solidarity, emboldened by its recent Constitutional Court victory against the employment equity plan of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), intends to challenge the contentious Mining Charter draft.
Strict rules on the way prohibiting public servants doing business with state
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The Star reports that proposed rules outlawing public servants from doing business with the state are on the way.
Solidarity urges unions to review Eskom salary increase demands
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Mining Weekly reports that Solidarity has called on other trade unions in the Eskom bargaining unit to review their wage demands after the parties reached a deadlock in negotiations on Friday.
Thugs rob‚ stab paramedics in Happy Valley in Cape Town
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TMG Digital reports that paramedics were threatened with a knife‚ stripped of their personal belongings and one of them stabbed with a broken bottle by robbers as they loaded a patient into an ambulance in Cape Town.
Security at four Durban hospitals beefed up after strike-related violence
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Daily News reports that policing is being stepped up at four public hospitals in Durban in the wake of violence linked to a labour outsourcing strike.
Battle lines drawn between Solidarity and SABC over dismissal of journalists
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ANA writes that the battle lines were drawn on Monday night, when, according to trade union Solidarity, the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) dismissed four journalists with immediate effect and without disciplinary hearings.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 18 July 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 18 July 2016
Roundup of labour news on Monday, 18 July 2016
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In our Monday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 15 July 2016.
Sactwu reaches wage agreement in Woven Cotton Textile Sector
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Fin24 reports that the Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has settled its 2016 wage negotiations for the Woven Cotton Textile Sector.
Police minister sued for R400,000 by SAPS clerk over ‘sex pest’ cop
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The Mercury reports that an SA Police Service (SAPS) clerk who was sexually assaulted by a colleague while at work is suing the minister of police for R400 000.
Nehawu threatens to render Parliament ‘ungovernable’
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BDLive reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has upped the stakes in its members’ impasse with the Secretary of Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana by resolving to call on Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to investigate him.
Nurses’ hard work in respect of antiretroviral roll-out pays off
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The Star reports that nurses have been hailed as the heart of the success of the antiretroviral treatment roll-out in South Africa, which has led to lives being saved.
ConCourt ruling on colour discrimination vindicates prison staff
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Cape Times writes that Friday’s Constitutional Court ruling that seven Department of Correctional Services (DCS) employees be promoted and remunerated retrospectively has vindicated those involved.
Still no pay, Gauteng community health workers claim
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Saturday Star reports that the Gauteng Department of Health has only partially met a deadline to pay protesting community health workers. While some workers said payments had been made, many more said there had been hiccups.
New study on national minimum wage shows positive impact
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Business Report writes that new research on a national minimum wage (NMW) shows that more than 85% of economic sectors would see positive employment impacts, with minimal job losses elsewhere.
Samwu to meet Midvaal officials on Monday following violent protests last week
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The Citizen reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) was expected to meet officials at the Midvaal local municipality on Monday following days of violent protest by disgruntled employees.
Numsa due to picket at Eskom HQ on Monday in support of wage demands
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eNCA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is expected to picket outside Eskom's head office in Johannesburg on Monday.
SABC wants court to review Icasa ruling on violent protests
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BDLive reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Sunday said it would not abide by last week’s ruling of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to lift its ban on broadcasting footage of violent protests.
University job cuts loom
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The New Age reports that universities in South Africa are facing serious cash crunches and, unless the government dramatically increases funding of tertiary institutions, many will be forced to implement cost-cutting measures.
Employment contract in form of a comic puts farmworkers in the picture
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TimesLive reports that farmworkers in Limpopo are having their contracts of employment drawn out in comic form so that they can understand them.
Mineral Resources Minister raises concerns about increase in mining fatalities
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Business Report writes that Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has visited Sibanye Gold to raise his concerns about increasing fatalities in the mining industry.