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.
Eskom, NUM head for CCMA over wage dispute
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Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will today (Monday) refer its pay increase dispute with Eskom to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Durban’s Public Order Policing Unit to embark on go-slow from Monday
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Sunday Tribune reports that fed-up members of Durban’s Public Order Policing (Pop) Unit have decided to embark on a go-slow from Monday.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 16 and 17 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 Saturday, 16 July and Sunday, 17 July 2016
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 15 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 Friday, 15 July 2016
Lonmin to consider economic realities in wage talks with Amcu
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EWN report that Lonmin Platinum says it will have the country’s economic realities in mind when it starts wage talks with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) next week.
Executive pay hypocrisy as directors award themselves inflation-plus increases
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BDLive reports that executive directors awarded themselves considerably more than inflation-linked increases in pay during 2015, even as they called on workers to be responsible in their wage demands.
A ring of steel envisaged for Western Cape trains
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Cape Argus reports that Western Cape trains are set to become a lot safer within the next decade as a multibillion-rand national roll-out plan will see the rail infrastructure modernised and security systems upgraded.
Correctional Services loses its ConCourt employment equity case against Solidarity
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Business Report writes that trade union Solidarity has won its Constitutional Court appeal against the employment equity plan of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
Taxi drivers’ protest in Cape Town against Uber turns violent and 15 arrested
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Cape Argus reports that 15 metered-taxi drivers were arrested on Thursday after participating in a protest in Cape Town against the Uber taxi service. The drivers called the Uber taxis “illegal” and demanded that Transport MEC Donald Grant should remove them.
King IV report on corporate governance to cast fresh spotlight on executive pay
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Moneyweb reports that the King IV report on corporate governance will introduce the idea that executive pay should be “fair and responsible” in the context of overall employee pay.
Scaffolding at collapsed Sandton bridge 'not erected properly', labour inquiry hears
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TimesLive reports that scaffolding supplier Form-Scaff is to argue that Murray & Roberts (M&R) did not properly erect the scaffolding supporting the temporary Sandton bridge that collapsed on the M1 highway in October last year.
Massmart distances itself from job seekers who wait outside its stores offering services
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TMG Digital reports that Massmart has distanced itself from job seekers who wait outside its stores and offer their services to contractors and do-it-yourself homeowners.
MTN SA and CWU sign wage deal
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Business Report writes that in a statement issued on Thursday, cellular operator MTN SA said it has inked a wage agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
Eskom still negotiating with striking Rotek employees
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EWN reported late on Thursday that power utility Eskom said it was still negotiating with workers at Rotek who have downed tools over wages and performance bonuses.
Senior govt officials, SRC president investigated for Zululand degrees-for-sale scam
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TimesLive reports that senior government officials, as well as an SRC president, are under investigation after allegedly buying academic degrees from the University of Zululand.
Gordhan appeals to workers to temper wage talks
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TimesLive reports that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has appealed to workers and employees who are in wage negotiations to consider the economy in the decisions they make.
Roundup of labour news on Thursday, 14 July 2016
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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, 13 July 2016.
Samwu member wounded and two arrested during Midvaal protest
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eNCA reports that protest action broke out in Meyerton on Thursday morning when municipal employees at the Midvaal Municipality barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres.
ConCourt rules that wife of evicted farm worker was an occupier in her own right
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TMG Digital reports that the Constitutional Court on Thursday held that a woman who stayed on a farm where her husband worked was an occupier in her own right under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act.
SA mining not transforming itself at executive level
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Moneyweb reports that according to Dr Martin Kaggwa from the Sam Tambani Research Institute, SA’s mining sector is not doing enough to transform itself at an executive level.
SABC staff desperate to get out of CWU, according to Vavi
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News24 reports that former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Wednesday that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) employees were desperate to leave the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
The facts on how the cards in the platinum wage negotiations stack up
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Ahead of the imminent commencement of wage negotiations in respect of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Impala Platinum (Implats) and Lonmin, Warren Dick distills the facts relating to the processes in a question and answer format.
Bus services resumed on Thursday in Mamelodi after ANC violence
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TMG Digital reports that Autopax bus services in Mamelodi‚ which had to be suspended when 19 buses were torched in violence related to the ANC mayoral contest in the capital‚ resumed on Thursday.
Memorial service on Thursday for murdered Cape Town train driver
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News24 reports that the Cape Town Metrorail train driver who was shot dead on Monday will be remembered at a memorial service on Thursday.
CWU tells SACP to remember its place in alliance
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News24 reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday criticised the SA Communist Party (SACP) for joining protests against the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
Labour dispute linked to two deaths in King Edward VIII Hospital shooting
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Daily News reports that two men, believed to be striking hospital workers, were killed and a security guard was wounded in a shoot-out at Durban’s King Edward VIII Hospital on Wednesday.
Shocking pay difference between black and white professionals in SA
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BusinessTech reports that new data show a massive difference between the median pay of black and white professionals in South Africa.
Cosatu breaks ranks with ANC over Zim protests
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News24 reports that labour federation Cosatu on Wednesday broke ranks with the African National Congress (ANC) on the protests in Zimbabwe, by expressing its support for the protesters.
ICASA strike disrupts licensing services
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EE Publishers writes that, despite assurances by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) management, the strike at the agency, now in its second week, is causing major disruption as no licences can be issued.
Draft Mining Charter conflicts with Employment Equity Act: Solidarity
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Mining Weekly reports that Solidarity’s general secretary Gideon du Plessis said on Wednesday that there were certain aspects contained in the draft Mining Charter that conflicted with the Employment Equity Act (EEA).