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.
Cape Town commuters told to find alternative transport ahead of massive taxi strike on Thursday
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IOL reports that two of Cape Town’s taxi associations, namely the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Congress of Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta), have confirmed a joint march to Western Cape Premier Alan Winde’s offices on Thursday morning.
HPCSA revises annual fee increase after complaints from doctors
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The Citizen reports that the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has revised its annual fee increase following complaints raised by doctors.
Consumer inflation unchanged in February at 5.7%, but bread and maize meal prices jump
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Fin24 reports that annual consumer price inflation reached 5.7% in February, unchanged from 5.7% in January. Still, transport prices and food saw big increases last month.
NUM and Amcu members at Sibanye’s gold operations vow to continue with wage strike until demands are met
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BL Premium reports that members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have vowed to continue with a strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations.
Labour Registrar says some unions, employer associations are not complying with labour law
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EWN reports that Labour Registrar Lehlohonolo is concerned about non-compliance with financial management requirements by some trade unions and employer bodies.
Durban bus driver shot in the head and killed by ‘passengers’
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Maroela Media reports that the police are searching for five men who climbed onto a bus in Durban on Tuesday morning and allegedly shot the driver dead. They also apparently robbed the passengers of their belongings.
Mbalula calls Prasa’s 3,000 full-salaried ghost workers a ‘grand scam’
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The Citizen reports that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has been scammed by 3,000 ghost workers.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 23 March 2022
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Ramaphosa announces further easing of lockdown regulations, with masks no longer required outdoors
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News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Tuesday evening following a meeting with the Presidential Command Council (PCC) and announced significant changes to the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
Cop in an unmarked vehicle attacked during e-hailing drivers' strike on Tuesday
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EWN reports that tensions were high on Tuesday when protesting e-hailing drivers attacked an unmarked police vehicle that they believed was one of their own transporting a passenger in Pretoria.
Striking e-hailing drivers demand R50 base fare and operators to stop determining prices
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City Press reports that thousands of e-hailing drivers took to the streets on Tuesday at the start of a three-day nationwide strike.
Amid clashes over jobs, Department of Employment and Labour to probe farms in Robertson for illegal foreign employees
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News24 reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) is to probe all farms in Robertson in the Western Cape following allegations of the employment of undocumented foreigners.
Trucks may stand idle due to police failure to protect them from attacks by hooligans
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City Press reports that employers and unions in the logistics industry want to stop all the trucks in their fleets from operating in order to force the police to protect them from hooligans attacking their vehicles and offices.
Bus drivers’ strike over wage increases looming for Easter weekend
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SowetanLive reports that with the collapse of wage negotiations between workers and employer associations in the bus sector, a potentially crippling strike looms for the busy Easter weekend.
Government has the upper hand as unions consolidate wage demands of public servants for 2022
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Business Maverick writes that public sector trade unions affiliated to labour federation Cosatu and the Public Servants Association (PSA) are still consolidating their wage adjustment demands for 2022.
Seven more bodies retrieved from mine in Primrose, say Gauteng police
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News24 reports that Gauteng police said on Sunday that seven bodies were retrieved from a mine in Homestead, Primrose, Johannesburg, on Saturday.
Interest rate hikes on the cards this week, followed by higher fuel prices and rising consumer inflation
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BL Premium writes that consumers should brace themselves for an increase in interest rates this week — the second hike this year — as the war in Ukraine threatens higher fuel prices and rising inflation.
Vavi set to face Saftu music at NEC meeting on Thursday
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Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is set to meet his accusers this week over allegations that he abused the federation’s credit card to the extent of R65,000 for his personal expenses.
Roundup on Tuesday, 22 March 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, 18 March 2022.
E-hailing drivers defy calls to suspend three-day strike from Tuesday
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TimesLive reports that thousands of e-hailing drivers will embark on a three-day shutdown from Tuesday in a bid to get government to regulate the industry.
Parliament re-advertises secretary post that’s been vacant since sacking of Gengezi Mgidlana in 2019
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EWN reports that it’s back to square one for Parliament as its search for someone to fill its top administrative post continues.
Vavi rejects Saftu’s suspension, asks why he must answer “wild allegations’
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EWN reports that Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Union (Saftu), has rejected a decision to place him on precautionary suspension, pending an investigation into allegations of serious misconduct, as ‘unlawful.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 18 March 2022
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
DA takes fight against extension of state of disaster to court
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BusinessLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has instructed its lawyers to bring an urgent court application to challenge an “irrational and unreasonable” extension of the state of disaster in SA.
Medical staff leave beleaguered Charlotte Maxeke Hospital for greener pastures
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City Press reports that about 200 staff members have resigned from Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital citing better remuneration elsewhere and travelling costs.
Busa scraps bid to get certainty from ConCourt about vaccine mandates
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BL Premium reports that Business Unity SA (Busa) has shelved its planned application to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for a directive on Covid-19 vaccine mandates in workplaces.
Nehawu denies that it disrupted Unisa graduation ceremony, claims double booking was made
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News24 reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) has denied the University of SA’s (Unisa’s) claim that protesters disrupted a graduation ceremony on Tuesday.
New workplace Covid-19 rules published, to come into effect when state of disaster ends
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BusinessLive reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has published new rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace that will come into effect when the national state of disaster is lifted.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 17 March 2022
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Unlawful strike hampers services in Tshwane
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Maroela Media reports that on Wednesday the Tshawne metro experienced a second day of service disruptions brought about by an unlawful strike.