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.
Gauteng teacher who caused havoc at school fundraising event loses bid for reinstatement
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TimesLive Premium reports that a teacher who was sacked for misconduct after being found guilty of disrupting a fundraising event at school has lost his bid for reinstatement.
Theewaterskloof Municipality appoints an acting municipal manager – for a three-month period
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News24 reports that the Theewaterskloof Municipality in the Western Cape has appointed Wilfred Solomons-Johannes as the acting municipal manager following the resignation of Boy Manqoba Ngubo last week.
Former Tongaat Hullet CFO fined R6m by JSE, barred for 10 years from boards of listed companies
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BusinessLive reports that former Tongaat Hullet CFO Murray Munro cannot escape taking responsibility for the accounting fraud that took place under his watch and which brought the company to its knees.
SA's highest-paid life insurance CEOs
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Fin24 reports that as Old Mutual (OM) become one of the first companies in SA to reveal the gap between its highest and lowest paid employees, the annual reports of the country's listed life insurers showed eye-watering executive pay packages.
DA laments that only 5 out of 87 vacant ranger posts filled at Kruger National Park
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The DA revealed on Tuesday that SAN Parks management had in a year only filled five of the vacant 87 ranger posts at Kruger National Park. This was revealed in response to a DA parliamentary question last month, which followed on from an answer received last year.
Some senior civil servants in North West have evaded paying rent for 18 years
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SowetanLive reports that for 18 years government employees in the North West, some as senior as provincial heads of departments (HODs) and directors earning salaries of up to R1m a year, have been staying in state properties for free.
Solidarity threatens UKZN with legal action over ‘unfair’ bursary discrimination
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The Witness reports that on Tuesday Solidarity threatened the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) with legal action if the institution was not able to justify the distinction it was making in the awarding of bursaries and fellowships based on race.
PPS soars as skills shortage shields SA's professionals from job losses
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Fin24 reports that PPS, the financial services firm focused exclusively on graduates and professionals, recorded record inflows in 2022, with both its life insurance and investments businesses faring well in a tough market.
Activists take Parliament to court over Prasa maladministration
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GroundUp reports that six months ago, #UniteBehind submitted complaints to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests against six ANC MPs for their role in the collapse of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).
Shot KZN cop wins full compensation in post-traumatic stress disorder case
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TimesLive Premium reports that a KwaZulu-Natal policeman, whose bulletproof vest saved his life when he was shot in 2015, has won his case for full compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 19 April 2023
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Police officer and another person die after truck ploughs into accident scene on N1 in Kroonstad
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News24 reports that a Free State police officer and a woman died after a truck ploughed into an accident scene on the N1 near Kroonstad on Monday.
Pick n Pay says restructure likely to result in ‘a few hundred’ job losses
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BusinessLive reports that retailer Pick n Pay on Tuesday said a decision to do away with more than 1,000 junior managers was unlikely to lead to as many retrenchments because most of them would be redeployed.
Sudden decision to appoint new SAA board 'stinks' of corruption, says Numsa
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TimesLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says the sudden appointment of the new interim SAA board “stinks” of corruption.
Windfall for pensioners 20 years after Joint Municipal Pension Fund’s near collapse
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BL Premium reports that the Joint Municipal Pension Fund (JMPF), a defined benefit pension fund for municipal workers of the old Transvaal province, is to pay its remaining pensioners a once-off bumper increase two decades after it almost collapsed.
Bullets fly in Ekurhuleni suburbs as zama zamas’ turf war threatens residents’ lives
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Sunday Times reports that an intensifying turf war between groups of zama zamas is threatening the lives of residents who stay across from the Simmer and Jack Landfill in Germiston, Ekurhuleni.
How menstrual leave could work in SA
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Leila Moosa of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr writes that as the emphasis on diversity and inclusion in workplaces gains momentum globally, some employers have elected to provide their employees with the benefit of menstrual and menopause leave.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 18 April 2023
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summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Derek Hanekom appointed interim SAA chair and seven other interim board members installed
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BL Premium reports that public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed a new eight-member interim board for the national carrier SAA, with former tourism minister Derek Hanekom taking up the post of chairperson.
Free State couple allegedly used employee's name, without his consent, to open a company
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News24 reports that a Free State couple allegedly used an employee's name to open a company and make him the director, without his consent.
Former mineworkers in the Eastern Cape urged to apply for disease compensation
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Mining Weekly reports that the Eastern Cape provincial government will, together with three national departments, be embarking from 18 to 21 April on an outreach programme to former mineworkers in the OR Tambo and Chris Hani district municipalities.
Up to 700 junior management jobs under threat at Pick n Pay
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Fin24 reports that Pick n Pay has embarked on a retrenchment process that could affect up to 700 junior management jobs.
Former UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng takes early retirement as maths education professor
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News24 reports that according to University of Cape Town (UCT) council chairperson Babalwa Ngonyama, former vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng has decided to retire early from her position as professor in the school of education.
Stellenbosch University council appoints committee to probe nepotism claims against vice-chancellor
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News24 reports that on Monday, Stellenbosch University's council decided to appoint a committee to probe allegations of nepotism against vice-chancellor Professor Wim de Villiers.
Temporary manager takes over Mangaung prison in wake of revelation about Bester escape
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BL Premium reports that former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron told MPs on Thursday that the escape of murderer and serial rapist Thabo Bester from the Mangaung maximum security prison in May 2022 was not an isolated event but the culmination of institutional degradation and dysfunction at the facility.
Former Southern Cape TVET College CEO and others in court over R24m tender fraud
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IOL reports that former Southern Cape TVET College CEO and principal, his deputy, and business owners, who face charges of fraud, were granted bail at the George Magistrate's Court.
Joy reigns as commuter trains run in Nyanga once again
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City Vision reports that the Gugulethu Development Forum (GDF) has welcomed the reinstatement of trains to Nyanga railway station.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 14 April 2023
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Newly appointed Limpopo nurse assaulted, robbed and raped while going to work at Tzaneen clinic
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TimesLive reports that a newly appointed Limpopo nurse was kidnapped, robbed and raped on Tuesday while on her way to work at Madumane Clinic in Tzaneen.
Four killed, two injured after conveyor belt collapsed at Mpumalanga mine
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IOL reports that four people were killed after a conveyor belt collapsed at a mine in Mpumalanga on Thursday. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the incident occurred at about 11.45am and that police and rescue teams in Balfour attended at the scene.