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.
SA rolls back Covid-19 vaccine drive due to apathy, even as fifth wave looms
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BusinessLive reports that SA is scaling back its Covid-19 vaccination drive and may have to destroy doses because of a lack of demand from citizens, even as the country heads into a fifth wave of infections.
Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal SA from Wednesday for 10% wage hike
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BL Premium reports that after serving a 48-hour strike notice, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) will be embarking on a wage strike from Wednesday at steel producer ArcelorMittal SA in support of a 10% wage hike demand.
Pay back the R2m in illegal salary increments, court tells two Maluti-a-Phofung municipal officials
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The Citizen reports that two Maluti-a-Phofung municipality officials were ordered by the Free State High Court last week to pay back R2 million they earned from illegal salary increments, implemented while the council was under administration.
Long-distance coach industry again calls on ‘silent’ Ramaphosa, Cele, Mbalula to respond to violent attacks on coaches
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The Star reports that the long-distance coach industry has again called on President Cyril Ramaphosa, Police Minister Bheki Cele and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to respond to the crisis of unprecedented levels of violence in the long-distance coach industry.
Nehawu condemns ‘unfair dismissal’ of five shop stewards at Unisa over disruption of awards ceremony
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EWN reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) on Monday condemned what it called the unfair dismissal of its shop stewards at the University of SA (Unisa).
SA's unemployment statistics could be inaccurate, warn experts
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Fin24 reports that the head of the Statistics Council, the advisory board to Statistics SA, has raised the alarm on the quality of SA’s employment statistics, saying the poor response rate must be reversed if the numbers are to be worth anything.
Former police commissioner Sitole fights for his exit payout, asks Ramaphosa to intervene
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City Press reports that former national police commissioner Khehla Sitole is believed to have asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in his battle to get his exit payout from the SA Police Service (SAPS).
Standard Bank charges 67 staff members with gross misconduct, apparently over ‘ghost’ accounts
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BusinessLive reports that Standard Bank has charged 67 staff members with gross misconduct and dishonesty after identifying 20,000 retail client accounts that might not have been activated in line with guidelines and procedures.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 10 May 2022
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Director of security company in Kimberley court on Monday for R14m pension fund fraud
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IOL reports that a 62-year-old director of a security company appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape on Monday, in connection with over R14 million in pension fraud.
New Covid-19 variant is spreading faster than expected, health expert warns as fifth wave begins
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IOL reports that as Covid-19 cases continue to rise steadily in the country and the fifth wave has begun, a health expert at UKZN warns that the new variant is spreading faster than Omicron.
National Teachers Union claims April salaries of KZN’s Grade R teachers not paid
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IOL reports that according to the National Teachers Union (Natu), Grade R teachers in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have not been paid their stipends, but they were still expected to turn up for work every morning.
Eskom’s group executive for generation quits
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Fin24 reports that state-owned power utility Eskom announced on Monday the resignation of its group executive for generation, Philip Dukashe, with "great regret".
AfriForum, DearSA go to court to challenge extended Covid-19 regulations
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TimesLive reports that civil rights organisation AfriForum and the public participation platform DearSA have launched a court application challenging government’s regulations for managing Covid-19 after the end of the state of disaster.
Four miners killed in infrastructure related incident on 7 May at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine
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BL Premium reports that Harmony Gold announced on Monday that four miners died in an infrastructure maintenance-related incident at its Kusasalethu mine, near Carletonville in Gauteng, at the weekend.
'Like her family, we too want answers', says MSC about SA worker who died on cruise ship
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News24 reports that according to global cruise line company MSC Cruises, it is searching for answers following the death of an employee, an Eastern Cape woman, on one of its cruise ships in March.
Survey finds that young people have to choose between eating and looking for work
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GroundUp reports that according to a study conducted by Youth Capital and Open Dialogue on the costs of job-seeking, more than 80% of unemployed young people in SA have to choose between looking for work and buying food.
No more certification for public job applications, now only Z83 and CV required
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The Citizen reports that South Africans applying for public service jobs have been given relief in that they will no longer have to attach certified copies of their qualifications to their applications.
New Somerset Hospital shooting: Police officer dies, pushing death toll to three
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The Citizen reports that the 32-year-old police officer who was injured during a New Somerset hospital shooting has passed on.
Salga boss Xolile George set to fill vacant Secretary of Parliament post
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News24 reports that Parliament is finally set to have a permanent secretary, with the post having been vacant and an acting official at the helm since 2019.
Almost 500 children of slain cops have not received bursary money from SAPS trust
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TimesLive reports that almost 500 children of police officers killed in the line of duty have not received their bursary money from the SA Police Service Education Trust (Sapset) since 2020.
Roundup on Monday, 9 May 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, 6 May 2022.
As fierce public sector wage battle looms, PSA says 10% pay increase demand is 'very economical'
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Fin24 reports that a fierce fight is looming at the upcoming public sector wage talks, with unions having put forward a list of demands that includes a 10% wage increase across the board.
Unions and employers in passenger bus sector ink 6% wage increase deal
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Fin24 reports that the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council (Sarpbac) announced last week that unions have accepted a 6% wage offer at the passenger bus wage talks and signed a deal with employers in the sector.
Farm workers demand urgent ban on 67 pesticides that women on farms say are making them sick
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GroundUp reports that about 200 farm women from the Cape Winelands marched in Worcester on Thursday calling for a ban on hazardous pesticides frequently used on farms.
Prodding from Gwede Mantashe fails to end Sibanye-Stillwater strike deadlock
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Business Times reports that management and striking unions at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations are as far apart as ever despite the high-profile intervention last week of mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe.
Ramaphosa takes swipe at Sibanye-Stillwater after Workers’ Day fiasco
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Bloomberg News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa bemoaned the poor state of labour relations at some mining companies just days after striking Sibanye-Stillwater gold mineworkers stormed the stage where he was speaking in Rustenburg.
Another municipal official to appear in court in connection with VBS Mutual Bank saga
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News24 reports that the chief financial officer of the Collins Chabane municipality has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the investment of municipal money with the now broke VBS Mutual Bank.
Durban to host international conference on child labour from 15 to 20 May
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TimesLive reports that a global conference to help find ways to eliminate child labour will be held in Durban from 15 to 20 May at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 6 May 2022
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.