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.
Absa names insider Deon Raju as financial director in the place of Jason Quinn, who takes over at Nebank
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Fin24 reports that Absa has named Deon Raju as its new group financial director, in place of the outgoing Jason Quinn, as part of a shake-up to its executive committee.
Real estate agents in government's crosshairs with new level 8 BEE requirements
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City Press reports that more than 40% of the country’s real estate agencies and nearly half of SA’s 40,000 registered real estate agents’ operations could be disrupted due to the government’s latest black economic empowerment (BEE) requirements that it is enforcing on the private sector.
Axed security guards vow to continue sleep-in outside Gauteng health department offices until they get jobs back
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News24 reports that angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health in Johannesburg following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to get their jobs back.
Sibanye-Stillwater reduced CEO Neal Froneman's pay by two-thirds to R55 million in last financial year
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Fin24 reports that following considerable opposition from shareholders holding almost half of its shares last year and biting commodity prices that are causing the company to retrench employees, diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater reduced the remuneration of its CEO by two-thirds during the past financial year.
Magistrates could strike over pay
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Sunday Times reports that an organisation representing about 800 of SA’s magistrates is mulling whether to challenge their conditions of service and strike if their long-standing grievance over their salaries is not resolved before the end of the parliamentary term next month.
Roundup on Monday, 29 April 2024 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related stories that recently appeared.
Justice Department suspends 13 senior officials in offices of masters of high court in anti-corruption sweep
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City Press reports that in a massive crackdown on corruption and incompetence, the Department of Justice last week placed 13 senior managers and other officials on precautionary suspensions, pending the outcome of investigations into allegations of financial irregularities and maladministration in the affairs of the Masters of the High Court and Family Law Services.
Man who kidnapped and assaulted Pretoria paramedics gets 15 years
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The Citizen reports that a 25-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to 15 years direct imprisonment for kidnapping and assaulting a crew of paramedics in Pretoria last year.
NCOP gives its approval to two-pot retirement system with passing of Pension Funds Amendment Bill
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The Citizen reports that the two-pot retirement system is one step closer to implementation later this year after the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) passed the Pension Funds Amendment Bill on Thursday, with changes that clear up some discrepancies.
Twenty-two fishermen rescued from capsizing trawler in Cape Town's Table Bay on Saturday
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News24 reports that the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescued 22 fishermen from a capsizing vessel in Table Bay on Saturday morning.
Safa youth academy players left stranded due to lack of funds
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Sunday World reports that the SA Football Association (Safa) could not shed light on an embarrassing situation after youth players who left their schools to join the Safa Boys High Performance Academy were left stranded.
Nearly 4,000 jobs on the line at Impala Platinum
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BL Premium reports that nearly 4,000 jobs are on the line at Impala Platinum (Implats), as the platinum sector continues to labour under subdued prices that have seen widespread job cuts across the sector.
PepsiCo Bašumi Trust wins awards at employee share ownership conference
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Engineering News reports that beverage multinational PepsiCo SA’s employee share ownership programme, Bašumi Trust, received the best governance policies and the most innovative funding model awards at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition's Worker Share Ownership Conference on 23 April.
Some uncertainties remain around incoming visa regime changes in SA
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Engineering News reports that government is changing the way the SA visa system works and immigration law experts have lauded this as a positive step to enable more foreign skilled labour into the country.
Average take-home pay slightly down in March, but could improve
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The Citizen reports that the average take-home pay, measured in the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), fell marginally in March due to factors that placed financial constraints on companies and pressure on salaries.
Security officer in critical condition after shooting in Durban on Thursday
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The Witness reports that one person was left in critical condition after a shooting incident on Rick Turner Road in Durban on Thursday.
SA aims to set up three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones
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Engineering News reports that three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and grids, electric vehicles and green hydrogen value chains are proposed for implementation under the larger JET Investment Plan (JET-IP).
Mantashe slams BHP, opposes Anglo American takeover
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Fin24 reports that Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has expressed antipathy to BHP's proposed takeover of Anglo American, as his previous experience with the global mining giant had been negative.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 26 April 2024
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Musa Mseleku reveals that he 'turned down' bogus college offers
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TshisaLIVE reports that reality TV star and businessman Musa Mseleku says that he too almost fell victim to bogus institutions. This after it became known veteran actor Sello Maake kaNcube and Skeem Saam actress Elizabeth Serunye had been awarded bogus honorary doctorates from Trinity International Bible University.
Labour Appeal Court rules in favour of woman who was fired for smoking ‘a joint’ for medical reasons at home after work
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IOL News reports that a Gauteng woman who was fired for smoking cannabis after work for medical reasons took her fight to the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) and emerged victorious.
'That's the gunman', says survivor of Rand Water shooting as footage matches two suspects in court
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TimesLIVE reports that two of the three men arrested for the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala and his bodyguard Sifiso Shange can be seen in short videos taken before and during the assassination.
Steel and engineering wage increases must be based on actual pay rates, Solidarity insists
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BusinessLive reports that trade union Solidarity has lashed out at the proposal of steel and engineering sector bosses to base wage increases on minimum rates of pay and not on actual wages, saying this would disadvantage skilled and experienced artisans.
Suspect hands himself after on-duty cop shot and severely wounded in Cape Town on Monday
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News24 reports that Western Cape police have arrested two more suspects following the shooting of a Cape Town police officer on Monday.
Surge in share price and profit helps Capitec CEO’s pay increase to R65m for 2024 financial year
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BL Premium reports that Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie’s total remuneration for the 2024 financial year rose to R65m, cementing his place as one of the industry’s top paid bosses.
No lectures for nearly two months at Gqeberha TVET college due to protests over unpaid NSFAS allowances
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GroundUp reports that the situation outside the Port Elizabeth TVET College in Gqeberha remained tense on Wednesday. Lectures and other academic activities at most of its campuses have been suspended since March because of ongoing protests by students over unpaid National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) allowances, among other issues.
Basic education department hiring temps to fill 31,000 teacher vacancies
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Mail & Guardian reports that Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga says her department has started recruiting people to fill the 31,000 teacher shortage in the country.
Fifteen years in jail for former Beitbridge clearing agent and customs official for fraud, forgery and corruption
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TimesLIVE reports that the Musina Regional Court has sentenced a former clearing agent and a former SA Revenue Services (SARS) customs officer at the Beitbridge border post to 15 years’ imprisonment each after finding them guilty of fraud, forgery and corruption.
Nearly 50 health department graft cases registered since January last year
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The Citizen reports that since January 2023, nearly 50 cases of corruption have been documented across various departments of health in all provinces, except for the North West.
Three former TMPD officers in court for allegedly extorting a R3,000 bribe from driver in 2022
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TimesLIVE reports that AfriForum advised on Wednesday that three former Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) officers appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of corruption and extortion.