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.
Insourcing of eThekwini security personnel on the table as parties tally the cost of private companies
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TimesLIVE reports that parties in the eThekwini council have expressed mixed views about insourcing safety and security personnel ahead of Tuesday’s council meeting to consider the matter.
Accountant who embezzled R537m from employer splashed R5m on gambling in one night, court hears
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News24 reports that a woman convicted of embezzling R537 million from her employer splashed out R5 million on gambling in one night, the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court heard on Monday.
Taxi industry in Cape Town agrees to give 36 hours' notice of strike action
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News24 reports that the taxi industry will now be required to give 36 hours' notice of strike action, according to a resolution that ended the week-long taxi stayaway in Cape Town.
City of Tshwane’s striking workers earn more than the vast majority of adults in Gauteng
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Moneyweb reports that members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Tshwane, who have been protesting a council decision not to grant them any salary increase this year, earn more than the vast majority of adults in Gauteng, according to Unisa’s Bureau of Market Research (BMR).
SAA launches recruitment drive to lure back former pilots
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TimesLIVE reports that SA Airways (SAA) aims to recall some of its former pilots as it expands its operations. In correspondence dated 4 August, pilots were informed that the state-owned carrier now has a number of A320 first officer positions available.
Seven Stellenbosch cops arrested for allegedly pocketing cash taken from suspected drug dealers
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IOL reports that Stellenbosch police officers were obliged to arrest seven of their colleagues after evidence went missing during an operation.
Samwu strikers allegedly behind shooting of Tshwane municipal worker
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TimesLive reports that the City of Tshwane advised on Sunday that municipal employees responding to a call-out had been shot at in Montana.
Roundup on Monday, 14 August 2023 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend news, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related stories that appeared since
Friday, 11 August 2023.
Senior Gauteng education official followed home on Thursday, shot eight times as he sat in car
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News24 reports that one of the Gauteng Department of Education’s senior officials was followed home and shot dead in Soweto on Thursday afternoon.
ANCYL leader to meet with 'minister of unemployment' Thulas Nxesi soon
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City Press reports that the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) will soon meet with Department of Employment & Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi in order to register its concerns about the plight of young people in the country who are unemployed.
‘Nepotism’ claims against social development minister Lindiwe Zulu, Nehawu calls for her dismissal
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City Press reports that an alleged attempt by Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu to engineer the appointment of a man believed to be her confidant to the position of director-general (DG) has caused turmoil in her department, with even her own deputy sounding the alarm.
Bodies of three employees of City of Tshwane contractor recovered from collapsed trench
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News24 reports that the bodies of the three City of Tshwane contractor employees who died on Friday after a trench they were working in collapsed have been recovered.
Senior SANParks manager killed by hippo at Kruger National Park on Saturday
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News24 reports that a senior manager working for Environmental Crime Investigations (ECI) at Groenkloof in Pretoria, was killed by a hippopotamus on Saturday.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 11 August 2023
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Another 55 striking Tshwane metro employees dismissed
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BL Premium reports that the City of Tshwane on Thursday axed an additional 55 employees, bringing the total number of workers fired over an illegal wage strike to 93.
NUM tells 'rogue' Mantashe to butt out after he decried suspension of union’s general secretary as 'madness'
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Fin24 reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on Gwede Mantashe to butt out of the union's internal affairs following public comments made by the minister of mineral resources and energy that the union's suspension of its general secretary (GS) was "madness".
Cape Town’s violent taxi strike ends with city agreeing to release taxis wrongly impounded
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BL Premium reports that the violent protest action in Cape Town, which has seen key economic sectors and business in the city hugely affected and five people dead, has come to an end with the city agreeing to release taxis that were impounded.
Gauteng to roll out panic buttons to sex workers, says MEC Faith Mazibuko
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News24 reports that providing sex workers with panic buttons to ensure their safety is among the programmes Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko wants to focus on.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 10 August 2023
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Santaco to seek interdict to get impounded Cape Town taxis back, sporadic violence reported on Wednesday
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News24 reports that taxi services in Cape Town will remain suspended until the outcome of an urgent interdict against the City of Cape Town that taxi council Santaco is preparing.
Ramaphosa wants equal pay for women as he praises Banyana, Proteas
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News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa says SA needs to develop a law that bans unequal pay between men and women doing the same job, while also encouraging the public and private sectors to procure services from women-owned businesses.
Manager and staff who allegedly ‘stole jewellery worth over R3.2m’ from store in Gateway in Durban arrested
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Sunday Tribune reports that three employees, including the manager, of a Durban jewellery store allegedly worked in cahoots over a long period of time to steal more than R3.2 million worth of jewellery pieces from their employer.
Council for Medical Schemes urges schemes to keep premium increases close to CPI
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BL Premium reports that the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has advised the industry to keep 2024 contribution increases as close as possible to the inflation rate, which the Reserve Bank estimates will be 5% in 2024.
Santaco not backing down in deadly Cape Town taxi protest
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BL Premium reports that the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) says it will not suspend the deadly taxi strike that led to road closures and chaos in Cape Town this week.
Arena Holdings CEO Mzi Malunga to exit top job after just over a year
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Fin24 reports that Arena Holdings chief executive Mzi Malunga is to exit the company's top job just a year and four months after taking up the position.
Senior Hawks detective gunned down on Sunday in suspected hit near Hammanskraal
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The Citizen reports that the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) have launched a manhunt for suspects involved in the murder of one of their senior detectives.
Blade Nzimande tells Unisa he intends putting the university under administration
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TimesLIVE reports that Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has notified the University of SA (Unisa) of his intention to place the institution under administration.
Unions angry that Mpumalanga security companies don’t comply with bargaining council requirements
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BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has called on the Mpumalanga provincial treasury to stop doing business with security firms that fail to comply with requirements of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector (NBCPSS).
No new spending in 2024, fund wage agreement increases yourselves, Treasury tells government departments
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Fin24 reports that Treasury has informed all government departments that they will face budget cuts across the board in 2024, and no new spending will be allocated.
Barometer shows slight rise in strikes in first half of 2023, with most over pay and permanent jobs
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BL Premium reports that according to the strike barometer of the Casual Workers’ Advice Office (CWAO), there was only one strike more in the first half of the year than in the previous first half.