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.
Health Department in Pretoria closed on Tuesday as community health workers picket
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TMG Digital reports that the main entrance of the Department of Health in Pretoria remained shut for a second consecutive day on Tuesday‚ as hundreds of community health workers continued their picket.
Bid to jack up service standards of Government Employees Pension Fund
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SowetanLive writes about the recommendations of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to up the service delivery standards of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF).
Economist queries Stats SA’s latest job loss statistics
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Business Report writes that the figures in last week’s employment statistics that reflect a jobs bloodbath seem to be exaggerated, according to labour economist Neva Makgetla.
Rescuers race to save trapped Implats miners
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The Star reports that rescue workers were on Wednesday morning racing against time to rescue mineworkers who have been trapped underground at the Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg (Implats) for over 24 hours.
Ford invests R11.5m in new community, jobs training centre in Pretoria
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Engineering News reports that carmaker Ford on Tuesday announced that it would invest R11.5-million in the construction and operation of a new job training and entrepreneurial development centre at its SA assembly plant, in Silverton.
Cape Town given 15 days to reply to Sactwu’s Good Hope Centre interdict application
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Cape Argus reports that the Cape Town city council has been given 15 days to file an answering affidavit in the Western Cape High Court in response to an urgent interdict being sought by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu).
Commuters lash out at Gautrain over fare increases
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The New Age reports that Gautrain has drastically increased its fares since its inception five years ago, while from 1 June it will cost commuters R76 to travel between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
DTI Minister believes agro-processing can drive job creation
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Business Report writes that Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has lauded the benefits of agro-processing and believes the processing of agricultural products could create a number of jobs in the country amid the fall in mineral commodity prices.
Consumer inflation moderates to 6.3% in April, as expected
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BDLive reports that Statistics SA announced on Wednesday that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.2% year-on-year in April, slowing from 6.3% in March and 7% in February.
Margate Wimpy workers to end strike on Friday
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The Citizen reports that striking workers at the Wimpy in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, are expected to return to work on Friday.
Leave of absence of Pikitup boss extended in graft probe
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The New Age reports that Amanda Nair, CEO of Joburg refuse removal agency Pikitup, has had her special leave extended to allow for the finalisation of an investigation into her conduct and claims of corruption.
Six Gauteng health workers fired for theft of medicine, misconduct
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The Citizen reports that the Gauteng Department of Health said on Tuesday it has fired six officials for various transgressions.
Twenty-five treated after inhaling dangerous gas at Polokwane company
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EWN and ANN7 report that emergency services in Limpopo on Tuesday treated 25 people who came into contact with formaldehyde gas at a manufacturing company in Polokwane.
Two miners missing at Implats Rustenburg shaft after ‘fall of ground’
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Miningmx reports that two employees were missing on Tuesday night at a Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) shaft in Rustenburg following a fall of ground.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 17 May 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, 17 May 2016
Roundup of labour news on 17 May 2016
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Sadtu mulls action over jobs-for-cash report claims
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BDLive reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is on the back foot after the damning findings of the final "jobs for cash" report were leaked.
Sadtu demands new way of allocating teachers to schools
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TMG Digital reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is demanding the scrapping of a system through which teachers are allocated to schools on the basis of the number of pupils registered.
KwaZulu-Natal government fights to curb performance bonus payments
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BDLive reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government is involved in a tussle with public sector unions in the province over its proposal to halt payment of performance bonuses in a move intended to cut expenditure.
Numsa welcomes silicosis and Aurora judgments affecting mineworkers
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TMG Digital reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has applauded what it calls two historic court rulings in favour of “super-exploited mineworkers”.
Sactwu and City of Cape Town locked in court battle over Good Hope Centre
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News24 reports that the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) and the City of Cape Town are locked in a court battle over the future of the centrally located Good Hope Centre.
Nehawu ‘not using proper channels’ to resolve labour disputes at Parliament
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EWN reports that Parliament’s management says the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) is not using the proper channels to resolve labour disputes.
Limpopo staves off doctors’ strike over work conditions and lack of equipment
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TimesLive reports that Limpopo health officials have staved off a strike by doctors unhappy about work conditions and lack of equipment.
Rasimone Platinum mineworker succumbs to injuries
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ANA reports that Royal Bafokeng Platinum on Monday announced that a mineworker who was injured last week during a mining accident at its Rasimone Platinum Mine in Rustenburg has since died.
Amcu to start consultations with members on platinum pay demands
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Reuters reports that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will on Thursday begin meetings to decide on pay demands for platinum producers as wage talks loom.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 16 May 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, 16 May 2016
Roundup of labour news on 16 May 2016
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related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 13 May 2016.
Uneasy calm at Richards Bay Minerals’ mine after violent protests over jobs
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City Press reports that an uneasy sense of calm has returned to Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) mine on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, which resumed operations this week after violent community protests forced a shutdown last week.
Lily Mine’s business rescue practitioner aims to get operations restarted
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BDLive reports that Lily Mine’s business rescue practitioner, Rob Devereux, says a plan for the mine will be delivered on Monday, including the development of a new shaft to restore operations and help recovery efforts for trapped mine workers.
FMF challenge to collective bargaining law racist, says Numsa’s Irvin Jim
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Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), comments on the recent high court ruling that dismissed the Free Market Foundation’s (FMF’s) challenge to section 32 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA).