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.
Numsa deputy president Ntlokotse says her suspension by the union was a bid to silence her on 3SixtyLife scandal
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Fin24 reports that according to suspended National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) second deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse, the union's leadership was targeting her for pursuing office at Numsa's home federation Saftu and demanding accountability for the management of members' funds.
Unisa’s top brass to get bodyguards
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City Press reports that the top brass at Unisa are set to get bodyguards amid allegations of mounting threats against them made on social media.
Roundup on Monday, 18 July 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, 15 July 2022.
PSA rejects 2% offer and declares deadlock at public wage talks, bargaining council document shows
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Fin24 reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has declared a deadlock in the public service wage talks with government, rejecting a 2% wage offer.
Retrenched CNA staff still waiting for payouts due to acquisition delay
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Fin24 reports that retrenched CNA employees have yet to be paid out more than a year after being served with section 189 notices.
Two police trainees booted out of SAPS academy after it was found that they were pregnant
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News24 reports that two police trainees were removed from the All Saints Police Academy in the Eastern Cape after it was discovered, midway through the programme, that they were pregnant.
SACP’s Blade Nzimande calls for public employment programmes to solve SA’s joblessness crisis
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The Citizen reports that outgoing SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande says SA is at a crossroads as it faces unprecedented youth unemployment, high levels of gender-based violence (GBV), a stagnant economy and a financial sector not keen on funding industrialisation.
Solidarity to auction Denel assets to pay R90m debt owed to employees on Friday
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Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity will hold the first of several auctions of state-owned defence company Denel’s assets on Friday, 15 July 2022 at Denel's head office, in Centurion.
Government may have to appease striking unions at SARS as border posts battle with congestion
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Fin24 reports that the ongoing strike at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) heightens the risk that government may be forced to capitulate to union demands in wage talks for a second time this year.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 15 July 2022
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Irvin Jim claims Numsa is target of 'propaganda attack' ahead of its national conference
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Fin24 reports that according the general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), Irvin Jim, the union was being attacked by propaganda campaigns on social media aimed at sowing division ahead of its conference.
Madibeng local municipal council in North West rocked by unprocedural appointment of acting municipal manager
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The Citizen reports that the ongoing political disagreements among councillors at Madibeng local municipality in North West has resulted in the unprocedural appointment of an acting municipal manager.
Ratings agency expects diesel and wages to push Eskom loan up by an extra R45bn
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Bloomberg News reports that indebted power utility Eskom may need to borrow an extra R45bn to purchase diesel and pay inflation-beating salaries to workers, according to S&P Global Ratings.
Reservations about proposal in parliament for children of farmworkers to be trained to manage farms
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Cape Argus reports that farmworkers’ representatives have expressed reservations about a proposal expressed in parliament designed to ensure the children of farmworkers were trained and enabled to manage farms in a bid to prevent generational entrapment as unskilled and cheap labourers.
‘Unscrupulous’ home affairs officials issued thousands of fraudulent visas and permits
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BusinessLive reports that MPs heard on Tuesday that an estimated 45,000 fraudulent visas were issued by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) between 2014 and June 2021 and the figure could be higher after a deep-dive investigation has been conducted.
Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority charges its CEO Mohlala-Mulaudzi with fraud and corruption
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The Citizen reports that the board of the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has decided to charge its suspended CEO Mamudupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi and haul her before a disciplinary inquiry for maladministration, misrepresentation, fraud and corruption.
'This is just the beginning', says Eskom as it welcomes arrests of former ABB Group employees for corrupt Kusile deal
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Fin24 reports that power utility Eskom said on Wednesday that the four arrests in relation to a corrupt ABB Group contract for work at the Kusile power station were hopefully just the beginning and that it expected more arrests to follow soon.
Numsa suspends deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse, finalises plans for national congress
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Engineering News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has decided, after holding a special central committee (SCC) meeting on 12 and 13 July, to suspend its second deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse.
'Strike as long as you like, no new wage offer until we get money from Treasury', says SARS
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In an interview with The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield, SA Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter discussed the renewed wage strike at the agency by members of the Public Servants Association (PSA) and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu).
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 14 July 2022
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Murder of two community correctional officials highlights that minister must prioritise safety, says PSA
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TimesLive reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) lamented on Wednesday that lawlessness had reached unprecedented levels and law-enforcement officers were no longer feared by criminals.
Numsa demands pay hikes of up to 20% in auto manufacturing sector, but notes that ‘negotiations are give and take’
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BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) indicated on Wednesday that it was demanding wage increases of up to 20% in the automotive assembly industry.
With declaration of dispute, PSA turns up the heat on government in bid for 10% wage hike
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BL Premium reports that in a move that takes it a step closer to a strike by more than 200,000 public servants, the Public Servants Association (PSA) has lodged a dispute with the government after wage negotiations stalled.
Companies scrap mandatory vaccine policies, but will dismissed employees be reinstated?
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The Citizen reports that after bloodshed, tears and unfair dismissals, big companies are scrapping mandatory vaccine policies, as infections seemed to have stabilised.
Critical vacancies abound in public enterprises department
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City Press reports that as questions over stability in the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) begin to pile up, spokesperson Richard Mantu said leaked information was “a misrepresentation and diversion of the facts at hand”.
We don’t hire job seekers with tattoos as they tend to be gangsters, police minister Bheki Cele indicates
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News24 reports that Police Minister Bheki Cele has assured residents of Orlando East that police resources and visibility in the area will be improved.
Eastplats’ planned restart of underground operations at Crocodile River Mine to create 1,400 new jobs
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BL Premium reports that Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) is preparing to resume underground operations at its Crocodile River Mine (CRM) near Brits in North West by the fourth quarter of 2022.
Alarming decline in SAPS detectives, with losses at stations over four years amounting to 1,404
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SowetanLive reports that the number of detectives at police stations across the country has declined by more than 1,400 in the past four years.
SIU arrests four former employees of two Eskom contractors
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TimesLive reports that four former employees of two multinational engineering firms awarded R2.2bn contracts for Eskom’s Kusile power plant in 2015 were arrested by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and Asset Forfeiture Unit on Tuesday and were scheduled to appear in the Durban and Palm Ridge specialised commercial crimes courts.
Two Fidelity guards gunned down in Eastern Cape on Tuesday, two more seriously injured
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The South African reports that two Fidelity Security officers were shot and killed in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday morning and two more guards were critically injured in an attack.