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.
Senior dental hygienist shot dead in her car outside Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in apparent hit
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The Citizen reports that a senior oral hygienist was shot dead outside the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Tuesday morning in what is believed to be an apparent hit.
There's been a significant drop in sabotage, corruption at Eskom, claims Ramokgopa
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EWN reports that according to Electricity Minister Kgosietso Ramokgopa, there's been a significant decrease in cases of sabotage and corruption at Eskom since the implementation of the energy crisis plan, which was first announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in July last year.
Survey shows ‘very poor’ visa regime mess ‘harming job creation efforts’
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BL Premium reports that according to Western Cape MEC for finance & economic opportunities Mireille Wenger, decisive action is required to address challenges pertaining to SA’s “very poor” visa regime that is blighting investment and job creation efforts.
New Cape Town force launched to protect frontline staff, stop theft and extortion
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TimesLIVE reports that City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched the new facility protection officers (FPO) law enforcement unit on Tuesday.
Commission for Gender Equality suspends its CEO Phelisa Nkomo after just four months in the job
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City Press reports that the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has suspended its CEO Phelisa Nkomo with immediate effect. The CGE’s chairperson, Advocate Olave Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale, apparently placed Nkomo on precautionary suspension on Monday.
‘Voetsek’, union Haitu tells Gauteng Health MEC after she interdicted student nurses from protesting
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IOL reports that the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) has reacted angrily to the interim interdict to stop student nurses’ protests that the South Gauteng High Court granted to the Gauteng Department of Health.
North West's Ditsobotla municipality can't pay staff salaries for May due to poor revenue collection from provincial department
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News24 reports that the ANC provincial leadership in the North West says poor revenue collection by the Ditsobotla Local Municipality is to blame for its inability to meet financial obligations which include paying staff salaries for May.
Denel restructuring continues despite allegations of malfeasance in Labour Court application
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City Press reports that the Department of Public Enterprises insists that it will continue with the controversial restructuring of crippled state defence company, Denel Group, despite accusations being levelled against Minister Pravin Gordhan as the person behind the crucial decisions regarding which of the entity’s assets to sell and to whom.
Construction sector employment equity battle brews
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Moneyweb reports that a battle is brewing between the construction industry and the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) over recently published regulations under the Employment Equity Amendment Act.
Clerk gets 10 years in jail for stealing R6.6m from Coega Development Corporation through ‘ghost’ intern scam
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News24 reports that an administrative clerk has been handed a 10-year jail term for stealing R6.6 million from the Eastern Cape government-owned Coega Development Corporation.
Eskom mum over CEO shortlist
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The Citizen reports that state-owned power utility Eskom has declined to comment on its final candidate shortlist for group chief executive (GCE).
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 30 May 2023
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Sibanye shareholders rebel against executive pay, including Froneman's R190m payday
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Fin24 reports that Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders holding almost half of the company's shares have demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the generous pay packages dished out to the mining company's executives, including a R190 million payday for its CEO, Neal Froneman.
Mahikeng Provincial Hospital's nursing manager suspended after newborns placed in cardboard boxes rather than cribs
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News24 reports that the North West Department of Health has placed the "Nursing Manager" of the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital's (MPH) neonatal section under precautionary suspension after newborn babies were placed in cardboard boxes at the hospital.
Jeanette Marais to be Momentum’s first female CEO
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BL Premium reports that Momentum Metropolitan Holdings has appointed Jeanette Marais as group CEO, making her SA’s first female leader of a large, listed life insurance and asset management group.
Justice Molemela’s appointment as President of the Supreme Court of Appeal welcomed
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News24 reports that opposition parties have welcomed the appointment of Justice Mahube Betty Molemela as the new President of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) with effect from 1 June 2023.
Momentum urges sponsors to bridge the gender pay-gap in sport
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Sunday Independent reports that with women earning less than men in sports and making it almost impossible for women to become financially independent, Momentum's head of marketing Charlotte Nsubuga-Makusa says that her company is taking a bold journey towards influencing change.
‘I’m not a slay queen’, vice-chancellor tells Unisa senate
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City Press reports that criticised Unisa principal and vice-chancellor Professor Puleng LenkaBula last week allegedly went on a tirade, telling members of the university’s senate that she was not “a slay queen (a woman who likes to show off her luxurious lifestyle), devil and have never misused the university’s money”.
Gauteng health department obtains court order preventing nursing students from protesting
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News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Health has obtained an interim court order restraining R171 Diploma in General Nursing final year nursing students from participating in or encouraging, facilitating and promoting any unlawful protests at the Gauteng College of Nursing campuses.
Roundup on Monday, 29 May 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, 26 May 2023.
Eskom may soon have its first female CEO if Ayanda Noah is appointed
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City Press reports that according to sources within Eskom reckon that the state-owned power utility may soon have a woman as group CEO for the first time.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 26 May 2023
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Litigation threats fly following adoption by health portfolio committee of NHI Bill
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BL Premium reports that parliament’s portfolio committee on health has adopted its amendments to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, marking a milestone in the ANC-led government’s plans for achieving universal health coverage.
Labour and business lament the impact of destruction on Transnet’s Gauteng-Durban line
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BL Premium reports that business and labour are counting the cost of the rise in theft and vandalism on state-owned railway operator Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) line linking Gauteng and Durban.
Nurses whose contracts expired protest against staff shortage at Hammanskraal hospital treating cholera patients
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GroundUp reports that almost 100 former nurses at Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal have called on the Gauteng Department of Health to employ them permanently.
Gold Fields to engage shareholders over remuneration report that gave ex-CEO Chris Griffith a $3m golden handshake
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Fin24 reports that a resolution for the endorsement of the remuneration implementation report of Gold Fields, including a golden handshake for former CEO Chris Griffith of three years' pay, garnered less than two-thirds shareholder support on Wednesday at the AGM.
Three SAPS trainees at Hammanskraal training academy test positive for cholera
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TimesLIVE reports that three trainees at the SA Police Service (SAPS) training academy in Hammanskraal, north of Tshwane, have tested positive for cholera.
Sticky core inflation supports case for interest rates hike
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BL Premium reports that SA’s headline consumer inflation slowed more than expected in April but core prices remained sticky, leaving the door open for another 50 basis point hike in interest rates when the Reserve Bank ends its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting on Thursday.
Saftu president in new Labour Court challenge to Numsa national congress
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Sunday Independent reports that SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) president Ruth Ntlokotse has launched another Labour Court bid to overturn the outcomes of several National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) gatherings held last year.
No May salaries for Ditsobotla employees as municipality’s downward spiral continues
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The Citizen reports that employees at the coalition-led Ditsobotla Local Municipality are at their wit’s end after they were told this week that they will not receive their May salaries.