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.
‘Fed up’ senior JMPD cops demand equal pay with newly employed junior officers
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TimesLive Premium reports that the City of Johannesburg says a pay disparity dispute that is causing ructions in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) will be settled by 21 October.
Chairperson of HPSCA’s Medical and Dental Professions Board, Professor Solomon Rataemane, placed on suspension
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City Press reports that the chairperson of the Medical and Dental Professions Board (MDPB) of the Health Professions Council of SA (HPSCA), Professor Solomon Rataemane, has been temporarily suspended and is being investigated following serious allegations levelled against him.
Former police officer who scouted location for Krugersdorp film shoot where zama zama gang rapes took place arrested
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News24 reports that a former police officer, Dolphina Truter, who was used to scout the location for the ill-fated music video shoot in Krugersdorp earlier this year where eight women were raped, allegedly by ‘zama zamas’ (illegal miners), has been arrested.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 14 October 2022
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Transnet CEO Portia Derby digs in her heels as SA counts cost of wage strike
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BL Premium reports that as SA’s faltering economy counts the cost of the crippling weeklong strike at Transnet, group CEO Portia Derby has dug in her heels, saying the company cannot afford to yield to worker demands.
UASA concludes three-year wage deal with gold producer DRDGold
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Mining Weekly reports that on Wednesday, trade union UASA advised that it had entered into a three-year wage agreement with gold producer DRDGold.
Solidarity takes health department to court over controversial NHI posts
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In a statement on Tuesday, Solidarity reported that it had served court documents on the Department of Health (DOH), requesting an interdict to be placed on the department’s “unlawful” advertising of posts for the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Arnot OpCo placed under business rescue by court, supply of coal to power station to continue
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News24Wire reports that the South Gauteng High Court has placed Arnot OpCo into business rescue just months after the shuttered mine revived operations and supply of coal to Eskom.
Setback for Neasa and Saefa as metals and engineering as extension of MEIBC wage deal is gazetted
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Fin24 reports that following an unsuccessful court challenge from the National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) and the SA Engineers’ and Founders’ Association (Saefa), Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has gazetted the extension of a metals and engineering wage deal to all employers within the applicable bargaining council’s scope of application.
PSA preparing for wage strike after rejecting government’s offer
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TimesLive reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) says it is preparing for a strike in the public sector after the majority of its members rejected the government’s salary increase offer.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 12 October 2022
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Transnet and unions to resume CCMA-facilitated talks aimed at resolving wage strike on Wednesday
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Mining Weekly reports that Transnet and its recognised unions – the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) – will reconvene talks at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Wednesday after intensive negotiations on Monday failed to deliver a breakthrough.
Cosatu wants ‘vulgar and tone deaf’ free water and electricity perks for cabinet ministers scrapped
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EWN reports that Cosatu has demanded the scrapping of what it calls “vulgar and tone deaf” perks for Cabinet ministers.
Mbombela municipality employee, accomplices handed 10-year sentences for meter tampering extortion
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News24 reports that a Mbombela municipality employee and his two accomplices have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each after being found guilty of corruption and extortion.
Call in army to deal with ‘armed to the teeth’ zama zamas, portfolio committee chair proposes
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SowetanLive reports that the chairperson of the portfolio committee on mineral resources, Sahlulele Luzipo, says the government should consider deploying the army in areas that have been severely affected by illegal mining in order to stop the crime.
As Transnet wage strike hits ports, business warns that SA risks economic 'collapse'
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Fin24 reports that while Transnet has maintained that its terminals at ports have not come to a standstill, logistics businesses have warned of a catastrophic economic fallout if operations at the state-owned logistics company’s ports in Durban and Cape Town face prolonged suspension.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Despite labour minister’s intervention over Transnet strike, CCMA talks to resolve deadlock fail
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BL Premium reports that the strike by thousands of rail, pipeline and ports workers at Transnet is set to enter its sixth day on Tuesday after mediated talks to end the stalemate over higher wages failed to resolve a deadlock.
Suspended Pretoria chief magistrate Desmond Nair in the dock on corruption charge linked to Bosasa
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News24 reports that suspended Pretoria chief magistrate Desmond Nair appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Monday on a charge of corruption for allegedly accepting a bribe from services company African Global Operations, formerly known as Bosasa.
Twenty arrested in North West mine, 15 AK-47s seized as Hawks clamp down on illegal miners
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News24 reports that twenty people have been arrested by North West authorities for illegal mining, with charges ranging from violation of immigration laws and conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of unlicenced firearms and ammunition.
New high court needed in Klerksdorp to deal with gangs and zama zama activity, JSC hears
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Sunday Times Daily reports that North West judge president Ronald Hendricks has proposed a new high court, comprising a local division with additional judges, in Klerksdorp to deal with the additional workload in the area.
Full-scale probe underway into 'criminal' networks at Eskom power stations in Mpumalanga
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News24 reports that a major investigation has been underway for months to identify criminal syndicates operating at Eskom power stations in Mpumalanga.
Cabinet ministers pay nothing for water and power
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City Press reports that despite their monthly salary of R200,000, no ministers in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet have to pay for their electricity.
Ipid investigating 5,269 criminal cases against cops
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IOL reports that while recent crime statistics show that SA continues its free fall into lawlessness, a high number of perpetrators can be found among police officers.
Gunmen rob Golden Arrow bus passengers on Friday morning
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News24 reports that several passengers on board a Golden Arrow bus were robbed of their belongings on Spine Road in Khayelitsha on Friday morning.
Transnet and unions to meet under guidance of the CCMA on Monday
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Fin24 reports that Transnet and trade unions are to meet for talks on Monday, under the guidance of the Commission of Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the company and unions have confirmed.
Roundup on Monday, 10 October 2022 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, 7 October 2022.
Satawu poised to join Transnet strike on Monday after company’s labour court application fails
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BL Premium reports that the Labour Court at the weekend threw out Transnet’s application to interdict a strike by members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), so setting the stage for more than 21,000 workers to join industrial action that has already brought the state-owned rail and ports operator to its knees.
Eskom needs new talent, says De Ruyter as he denies overstaffing
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BL Premium reports that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has dismissed the notion that the power utility has too many employees, saying that many staff members worked “extraordinary hours” to repair breakdowns.
Two teachers’ unions reluctantly agree to government’s 3% wage increase offer
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GroundUp reports that two teachers’ unions have accepted the government’s revised 3% wage increase offer to public servants. The SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and the National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA (Naptosa) have both accepted.