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.
Unions test Godongwana’s resolve to keep public sector wage bill in check with demand for 10% pay hike
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BusinessLive reports that union leaders have set the scene for tough negotiations with the government with a double-digit wage increase demand.
City Power technician certain that Chicco Twala’s gun was not a toy
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SowetanLive reports that one of the five City Power technicians who were allegedly attacked by music producer Chicco Twala claims that the weapon he threatened them with was a real gun and not a toy.
ER24 warns that social posts offering applications for learnerships at low-cost are fake
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TimesLive reports that private emergency medical care provider ER24 said on Tuesday it was aware of several fake posts on social media claiming that it was offering free paramedic learnerships and interviews at a low price for applicants.
Fikile Mbalula says railway services on Cape Town’s Central Line will soon be up and running
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IOL reports that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has advised that people who have built shacks on railway lines in Cape Town will soon be relocated after a piece of land was found for their resettlement.
Post Office security guard killed by two men dressed in police uniform during attempted robbery in East London on Tuesday
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IOL reports that on Tuesday a 45-year-old security guard was shot dead, allegedly by two men dressed in police uniform.
Ratings agency Moody’s expects consumer inflation in SA to hit 8% in 2022
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Reuters reports that consumer inflation in SA is set to rise to 8% this year, thereby overshooting the central bank’s target amid the global impact of the Ukraine conflict and rising US interest rates.
Mask-wearing stays as government announces limited Covid-19 regulations just an hour before current ones expired
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News24 reports that the Department of Health (DOH) announced limited new Covid-19 regulations just an hour before the remaining limited restrictions were due to expire at midnight last night.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 5 May 2022
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Intercape CEO says bus attackers are demanding millions of rands to stop violence
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Fin24 reports that bus company Intercape claims it is being targeted by suspected members of the taxi industry and says they are demanding millions of rands to protect its buses from attacks.
Treasury wants new uniform management salary structure to rein in public sector wage bill
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BL Premium reports that the National Treasury is pushing for new legislation to create a uniform compensation structure for all managers across the public sector as it battles to cut or freeze the wage bill.
Gwede Mantashe meets with Sibanye-Stillwater, unions after workers boo Ramaphosa off stage on Worker's Day
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Fin24 reports that Sibanye-Stillwater and striking unions at the company’s gold mines met with Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe on Monday after President Cyril Ramaphosa was heckled and forced to abandon attempts at addressing a Worker's Day rally in Rustenburg on Sunday.
City of Joburg wins court case over conversion of workers’ employment contracts
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News24 reports that the City of Johannesburg has won another case in its battle with a group of workers over the "legality" of their employment contract conversion.
CCMA offices reopen for walk-ins nearly two years after being suspended due to Covid-19 outbreak
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News24 reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) announced on Sunday that it had reopened its offices for walk-ins.
Government Employees Pension Fund finally gives PIC a mandate to manage its unlisted investments again
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Fin24 reports that after more than a year, the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) have finally agreed on a new mandate for unlisted investments.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 4 May 2022
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Angry mineworkers indicate broader level of discontent, says Cyril Ramaphosa
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BL Premium reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa believes the grievances of the workers at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium who booed and stormed the stage when he spoke on Workers’ Day run deeper than a salary dispute.
Small drop in petrol price, but diesel and illuminating paraffin hikes will hit people hard, says AA
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BusinessLive reports that while the adjusted fuel prices for May show a decrease in the cost of both grades of petrol, the Automobile Association (AA) says the significant increases in the prices of diesel and illuminating paraffin will have a substantial effect on the cost of living.
Unions and Sibanye-Stillwater to meet on Thursday in bid to end gold strike
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BL Premium reports that unions and Sibanye-Stillwater are set to meet on Thursday in a bid to end a strike at the company’s gold mining operations that as of Tuesday was in its 56th day.
Amcu’s Marikana PGM members demand pay hikes of up to 40% from Sibanye-Stillwater
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According to a document obtained by Business Maverick, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Marikana platinum mine are demanding wage hikes of up to almost 40%.
Saftu lauds mineworkers for heckling Ramaphosa, saying ‘it was a justifiable act’
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EWN reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has lauded the heckling of African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa on May Day, saying it was justified.
Cosatu says Ramaphosa being chased away from its rally 'unacceptable', but a warning to ANC
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News24 reports that Cosatu said in a statement on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa being chased away from the labour federation’s Worker's Day rally was "regrettable" and "unacceptable", but the incident should also serve as a warning to the ANC.
EFF wants to establish its own labour union
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News24 reports that the EFF has announced it intends to establish its own labour union. The political party’s leader Julius Malema addressed a May Day rally in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, on Sunday.
Intercape bus driver shot and killed as violent attacks on the company escalate
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News24 reports that a 35-year-old Intercape bus driver died in a Cape Town hospital on Thursday after having been shot and critically wounded outside the company's depot.
Labour economist Andrew Levy says future of unions in SA not looking good
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EWN reports that as the country observed May Day on Sunday, different labour unions advocated for better working environments for employees throughout SA.
SA sitting on the cusp of a fifth Covid-19 wave, with downside risk to the economy
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Business Report writes that SA is on the cusp of entering a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, with economists warning that although new formal lockdown restrictions were not expected, there was a downside risk to economic activity.
Owner of college arrested for issuing 'fake' certificate to municipality's chief financial officer
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News24 reports that the Hawks last week arrested the owner of a Free State college for allegedly issuing a fake certificate to the chief financial officer (CFO) of one of the province's municipalities.
‘Just another one leaving', says industry insider about SAA interim chief's exit
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Fin24 reports that after about a year at the helm, interim SA Airways (SAA) CEO Thomas Kgokolo is leaving, thereby joining a long list of chief executives who have quit since 2010.
Pearl Modiadie’s sexual harassment case against former boss and SABC back in court on 16 May
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City Press reports that Pearl Modiadie’s R3.5m sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss and Metro FM station manager Anthony Soglo will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court on 16 May.
Roundup on Tuesday, 3 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, 29 April 2022.
Angry mineworkers force Ramaphosa to abandon address at Cosatu Workers’ Day rally in Rustenburg
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TimesLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to abandon his Workers' Day address after mining workers booed him and stormed the stage.