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.
Teacher ‘who sat in her car most of the time’ loses appeal against dismissal
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Sunday Times Daily reports that when a principal and her deputy approached a teacher seated in her car at school and asked her to come to the office because a circuit manager wanted to see her, she blatantly refused.
SA’s average pay fell than one-tenth in one year, Household Financial Resilience Index reveals
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BL Premium reports the average pay of South Africans declined more than a tenth over the past year, according to the latest data from the Altron Fintech Household Financial Resilience Index (Afhri).
Top public officials in line for 3.8% salary increase, even though finance ministry 'pleaded' for 1.5%
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Fin24 reports that the Presidency on Friday published the annual recommendation of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-bearers, which must by law consider a range of factors, then give President Cyril Ramaphosa a recommendation.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO’s pay cut R111m to R189m in 2022 financial year
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BL Premium reports that Sibanye-Stillwater’s annual report showed on Monday that the precious metals producer’s CEO Neal Froneman received a total pay package of R189m in the 2022 financial year, down from R300m the year before.
Unions confirm rejection of Eskom’s 3.75% wage offer
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With the first round of Eskom wage negotiations having been concluded last week, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Solidarity have confirmed that they have rejected Eskom’s offer of a 3.75% increase.
Two Eskom employees and fuel tanker driver arrested for fraud and theft
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The Citizen reports that the SA Police Services (SAPS) Illicit Mining and Economic Infrastructure Task Team last week arrested two Eskom employees and a fuel tanker driver for fraud and theft.
Financial manager at North West maize-mill company up for fraud of R9.1m
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Mail & Guardian reports that a North West maize-mill company was fleeced of more than R9 million allegedly by its financial manager, whom the state claims used his three bank accounts for “payments” from non-existent service providers.
SA’s deepening youth joblessness crisis
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City Press writes that young people in SA are at the coalface of the country’s unemployment crisis, with some suggesting that two in three people between the ages of 15 and 34 are out of work.
Roundup on Monday, 24 April 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, 21 April 2023.
Capitec amends policy on executive incentives following shareholder dissatisfaction
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Business Times reports that Capitec has changed its executive remuneration policy after shareholders expressed dissatisfaction with the discretion allowed in the vesting of incentives for management.
Former CEO Moffat Qithi’s R15m damages claim could drain Boxing SA
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City Press reports that cash-strapped Boxing SA (BSA) could be forced to use more than half of its R22.7 million budget for the 2023/24 financial year to pay damages to Moffat Qithi, the organisation’s former CEO.
Two cops shot, service pistols taken, in separate Pretoria incidents at the weekend
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TimesLive reports that police have launched a manhunt for suspects behind the shooting of two police officers who had their service pistols taken in separate incidents in Pretoria at the weekend.
Debt-relief conditions imposed by Treasury on Eskom pay hikes reckless, say unions
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BL Premium reports that trade unions demanding above-inflation pay rises at Eskom have launched a scathing attack on the Treasury for being “reckless” in attaching stringent conditions to its multibillion rand debt relief for the ailing power utility.
Man arrested after assaulting a nurse at Limpopo clinic over sick note
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News24 reports that a patient demanding to be assisted at Relela Clinic in Bolobedu, outside of Tzaneen, has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted a nurse.
Eskom tables 3.75% wage increase offer for employees
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BL Premium reports that the first round of wage talks between Eskom and its recognised trade unions got under way at the central bargaining forum on Wednesday, with talks expected to continue until Friday.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 21 April 2023
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Nampak CEO Erik Smuts resigns with immediate effect
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Moneyweb reports that the CEO of debt-laden consumer goods packaging firm Nampak, Erik Smuts, has resigned from the company and has stepped down from its board.
Economists raise alarm over Constitutional Court ruling on ‘scab’ labour
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BL Premium reports that economists have warned that a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment on replacement labour during a strike could have far-reaching consequences for SA and discourage new investments.
Three female Post Office employees gunned down In Eastern Cape
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IOL reports that Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for suspects who gunned down three female Post Office employees on Monday afternoon in Flagstaff.
Another G4S employee arrested in connection with Thabo Bester escape plot
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News24 reports that another G4S employee has been arrested in connection with Thabo Bester's prison escape saga. The 51-year-old security guard is the second one to be arrested following the arrest of prison warder Senohe Matsoara.
Despite food inflation surprise, Reserve Bank affirms its inflation forecast
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BL Premium reports that the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) is sticking to its 2023 inflation forecast that consumer prices will return to its target band later in the year, even though consumer inflation unexpectedly accelerated in March.
Bester escape saga is an embarrassment, says Popcru president after visit to Mangaung Correctional Centre
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GroundUp reports that the president of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru), Zizamele Cebekhulu Makhaza, says the government should take back the running of prisons from private companies.
Gordhan, suspended director-general, to appear in parliament over SAA deal
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Mail & Guardian reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will be called to appear before parliament to respond to claims by the department’s suspended director general, Kgathatso Tlhakudi, of impropriety in the SAA/Takatso Aviation deal.
ConCourt rules on use of ‘scab’ labour during a lockout imposed after union ‘suspended’ its strike
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BL Premium reports that the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruled on Tuesday on the use of replacement (‘scab’) labour by an employer during a lockout.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 20 April 2023
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Numsa mobilising for ‘mother of all strikes’ over deadlocked wage negotiations at ArcelorMittal SA
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BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says it is mobilising for the “mother of all strikes” at steelmaker ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa).
More than 60 attacks on staff at Gauteng health facilities so far this year
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TimesLive reports that there have been 61 attacks on Gauteng healthcare workers at the province's facilities since the beginning of the year, mostly by mental health patients.
Consumer inflation remains red hot as food price hikes hit 14%
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Fin24 reports that contrary to forecasts, the annual consumer price inflation (CPI) rate is still heading higher – reaching 7.1% in March, up from 7.0% in February. Economists had expected CPI to cool to below 7% in March.
Man working on high-rise billboard in Pretoria critically burnt after electric shock
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TimesLive reports that a man suffered critical burns from an electric shock while he was working on a high-rise billboard in Pretoria East.