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.
Roundup on Monday, 18 March 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.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 15 March 2024
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Chaos by striking eThekwini workers won’t be tolerated, says Cabinet
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BL Premium reports that the Cabinet has called on law enforcement agencies to protect people’s rights to service delivery following weeks of mayhem by eThekwini metro workers.
Old Mutual explains that claim nonpayment that led to social media storm was due to complex divorce settlement
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BL Premium reports that to defend its reputation, Old Mutual has disclosed the details of nonpayment of a claim that led to widespread anger on social media, saying it was linked to a divorce.
Catholic priest shot twice in the head in Limpopo after morning prayers, three monks murdered in Gauteng
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News24 reports that a priest was murdered at a Limpopo church on Wednesday – just hours after three monks were killed in Gauteng.
Nehawu and Nelson Mandela University reach wage agreement, strike over
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SABC News reports that National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) Regional Secretary Samkelo Msila has confirmed that the strike by the employees of Nelson Mandela University over a wage negotiations dispute has come to an end and they have reached an agreement with the institution.
Four bodies found in two of Gauteng's illegal mining hotspots
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TimesLIVE reports that police on Thursday morning discovered four bodies in two areas of Gauteng where illegal mining is prevalent.
Following social media storm, Old Mutual SA reaches agreement on R3-million pension payout
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The Star reports that even though Old Mutual SA has finally come to an arrangement in settling the payment of a R3-million pension payment of an irate family, customers are said to remain wary of continuing to support the financial services company.
Commuter shot dead, two others injured in attack on bus in KZN on Wednesday
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News24 reports that a commuter was killed and two others injured after gunmen opened fire on a bus in Newlands West Drive, north of Durban, on Wednesday.
Nelson Mandela University workers march for 8% salary increase
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GroundUp reports that about 200 employees of Nelson Mandela University (NMU) protested outside the university on Wednesday, demanding a salary increase.
eThekwini strike part of a political agenda, claims business
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Moneyweb reports that business leaders in eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal view the unprotected and unlawful strike of municipal workers as politically motivated and a deliberate attempt to undermine and discredit the public-private partnerships between city management, provincial leadership, and private business.
Road Accident Fund obtains interdict to stop unprotected Numsa strike on Thursday
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Moneyweb reports that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been granted an interdict by the Labour Court against the planned strike on Thursday by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) at the fund’s offices.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 14 March 2024
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 13 March 2024
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Samwu urges striking eThekwini workers to return to work after mayor agrees to holding a workshop on benchmarking and salary levels
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TimesLIVE reports that eThekwini employees affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) have been urged to return to work after a breakthrough in the union’s engagement with the city.
IEC fires official who leaked ANC, MK Party candidate lists
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News24 reports that an employee of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has been identified as having leaked the ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party candidate lists on Friday.
Government Pensions Administration Agency hacked by LockBit in February and data released publically on Monday
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The Citizen reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is extremely concerned after the data of its administrator was hacked and released publicly by the ransomware group LockBit.
Two-pot pension system faces legislative hiccups with contradictions between Pension Funds Amendment Bill and Divorce Act
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BL Premium reports that complications have arisen with proposed legislation vital for the implementation of the two-pot retirement system because it contradicts provisions in the Divorce Act.
Santam latest financial services company to set minimum pay at R15,000 per month
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BusinessLive reports that Santam, SA’s largest short-term insurer, has joined Old Mutual in setting its minimum wage at R15,000 per month, putting pressure on other financial services companies to reconsider their minimum wages.
Amplats admits in annual report that it didn’t follow up on Thabi Leoka’s ‘PhD’
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BL Premium reports that Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has broken its silence on the qualifications of former board member Thabi Leoka, who resigned in January following revelations that she did not have a PhD as she had claimed for the past 15 years.
Numsa set for national shutdown of RAF offices on Thursday, citing ‘incompetent’ CEO
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BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is set to embark on a “national shutdown” of all Road Accident Fund (RAF) offices on Thursday, to demand the removal of CEO Collins Letsoalo for alleged “gross incompetence” and presiding over the “disastrous” state of affairs at the state-owned entity.
Service delivery in eThekwini worsens as Samwu strike continues and EPWP workers stage protest
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News24 reports that Tuesday brought eThekwini metro residents more service delivery woes when workers attached to the extended public works programme (EPWP) downed tools and staged a picket outside Durban City Hall, calling for higher salaries and permanent absorption into the municipality.
South Africans now earn on average in real terms what they earned in 2006
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The Citizen reports that South Africans now earn on average what they earned in 2006, taking inflation into account, because SA’s economic growth has been trending lower since 2013.
Amendments proposed to include pensions of public sector workers in two pot regime that will come in from September
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BL Premium reports that the Treasury has taken the necessary steps to ensure that public sector pension funds are incorporated into the two-pot retirement system that will come into effect on 1 September.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 12 March 2024
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related reports.
Court fines North West education MEC R100,000 for partially disregarding order in favour of short-changed teacher
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News24 reports that in an unusual move, the Johannesburg Labour Court has fined North West Department of Education (DOE) MEC Viola Motsumi and her former acting head of department, Shadrack Mvula, R100,000 for failing to fully comply with an arbitration award granted in favour of a teacher.
Old Mutual faces social media storm and boycott calls over claim it withheld pension payout in defiance of court order
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Fin24 reports that Old Mutual is facing a deluge of boycott calls after a social media storm erupted over its alleged refusal to pay out the pension savings of a client in defiance of a court order.
Community health workers march in East London demanding to be in-sourced
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GroundUp reports that scores of Community Health Workers affiliated to the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (Nupsaw) are demanding that they be employed permanently by the Eastern Cape Department of Health.
Unprotected strike by eThekwini municipal workers goes on, causing disruption across the metro
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GroundUp reports that the strike by protesting eThekwini municipal workers, affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), continued on Monday morning.
Roundup on Monday, 11 March 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.