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.
Satawu’s wage talks with the bus passenger sector hit roadblock, with mediation scheduled for March
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BL Premium reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) has rejected a revised wage offer from employers in the road passenger sector and is sticking to its demand for an above-inflation wage increase.
Godongwana pushes for cut in public sector wage bill and will discuss wage restructuring with unions at summit at the end of March
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BusinessLive reports that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has called for public sector wage restructuring as the government moves to reduce the risk to the improved fiscal outlook.
Pension funds may now invest up to 45% of their capital offshore, while ‘two-pot’ retirement legislation to be drafted later this year
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Moneyweb reports that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced during his budget address to parliament on Wednesday that amendments to Regulation 28, which sets out the criteria and maximum limits of where and in which asset classes retirement funds may invest, would be published in March.
KwaZulu-Natal teacher fired for sexually assaulting pupil, deemed unsuitable to work with children
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News24 reports that a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) teacher has been fired after he was found guilty of contravening the Employment of Educators Act by sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Southlands Secondary School pupil.
Independent probe continues a month after suspension of Western Cape MEC Albert Fritz over sexual impropriety allegations
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News24 reports that Advocate Jennifer Williams, appointed to head an independent investigation into allegations of sexual impropriety against Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz, is tight-lipped about the time-frame needed to complete her investigation.
After defeating Denel in court again, Solidarity to take action against looters at SOEs
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Engineering News reports that Solidarity has announced that it will pursue criminal charges against those responsible for theft and mismanagement at the country’s state-owned entities (SOEs).
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 23 February 2022
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
IPID details how cops gunned down heavily armed gang in deadly Rosettenville shooting on Monday
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IOL reports that the deadly shoot-out in the Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville on Monday involved five crime scenes, nine high calibre firearms, 10 stolen high performance vehicles, at least 10 alleged cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers who were shot dead and one police officer who was fatally wounded.
Sapo defends its turnaround vision as CW turns to court over non-payment of medical and pension contributions
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Business Report writes that the SA Post Office (Sapo) on Monday defended its vision of a turnaround of the troubled state-owned entity (SOE), even as the Communications Workers Union (CWU) announced plans to take the cash-strapped company to court in March due to non-payment of medical aid and pension fund contributions.
Capitec shareholders overwhelmingly approve revised staff B-BBEE transaction
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BL Premium reports that Capitec shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a revised broad-based BEE (B-BBEE) transaction for staff that will see the bank issue R1bn in new shares for purchase by qualifying permanent employees from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.
Second security guard dies after Durban shooting, robbery on Monday
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News24 reports that a second KwaZulu-Natal security guard has died, after being wounded in a shooting that took place on Monday in Umlazi.
Desperate households eye retirement savings, hoping that finance minister’s budget speech will announce next moves to unlock pension funds
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Moneyweb writes that rising food and petrol prices, amid high unemployment and sluggish economic growth – together with increasing interest rates – are putting the squeeze on many people.
AngloGold CFO Christine Ramon, who steered producer through its worst times, to take early retirement
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Miningmx reports that Christine Ramon, CFO of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), is to take early retirement. This was indicated by the gold producer in an announcement on Tuesday.
Mboweni’s block on bonus of PIC executive ruled ‘invalid’ by Labour Court
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Bloomberg News reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has lost a Labour Court case that may compel it to pay bonuses to executives that were withheld on instruction from former finance minister Tito Mboweni amid a governance scandal.
New organisation to offer legal, financial support to whistleblowers
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News24 reports that four out of 10 whistleblowers have experienced retaliation in the workplace after reporting misconduct, according to a new organisation established to protect those who speak up.
Passengers and driver safe after MyCiTi bus catches fire at Woodstock station on Tuesday
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Cape Argus reports that the City of Cape Town has confirmed that passengers and the bus driver were safe after a MyCiTi bus caught fire at a station on Tuesday afternoon.
Family of deceased Standard Bank employee wants retraction of warning for work-from-home gone wrong
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Fin24 reports that the Cape Town family of a late Standard Bank employee, Chevon Surujparsad, is spending thousands of rands on lawyers to fight what it believes was workplace bullying.
Scopa questions public works department about ‘cleaners’ who are assisting in making payments
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IOL reports that members of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) were alarmed on Tuesday to learn that “cleaners” assist in processing claims in the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.
Saftu to lead protest action in Cape Town on Wednesday ahead of budget speech
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EWN reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and its affiliates will be leading a protest in Cape Town ahead of the Budget Speech on Wednesday.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Roundup on Monday, 21 February 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, 16 February 2022.
SA government sues Huawei for employing too many foreign nationals
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Bloomberg News reports that SA has sued Huawei Technologies for exceeding the number of foreigners it is allowed to employ in the country, as the government ramps up its rhetoric against immigrants filling local jobs.
Job reservation for SA citizens is on the cards, government confirms
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BL Premium reports that the cabinet has signed off on an ANC proposal that jobs in some sectors of the economy be reserved for SA citizens, a move designed to tackle the country’s record unemployment.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 11 February 2022
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In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Tembisa Hospital shooting: Violent acts perpetrated by cops rooted in on-the-job issues, says Popcru
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News24 reports that on Thursday, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) released a statement reacting to the murder of assistant nurse Lebo Monene.
Ramaphosa extends R350 social relief of distress grant to March 2023 while replacement grant is being looked at
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BL Premium reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has come to the aid of SA’s desperately poor by extending the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant of R350 a month for unemployed adults for a year to end-March 2023.
Union federations urge Ramaphosa to cut ‘austerity measures’
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BL Premium reports that trade union federations have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to move away from economic policies have led to an unemployment rate of nearly 35% and were “suffocating the economy”.
Boxing SA vows to root out fake HIV test certificates
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SowetanLive reports that a recent report on allegedly HIV positive boxers using friends' negative results to get their licensees in Eastern Cape has caused a stir in the fight fraternity.
Three prison wardens stabbed by inmate at Joburg Correctional Centre
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IOL reports that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed that three prison officials were stabbed by an inmate at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre on Wednesday morning.
Alleged illegal miner killed, 11 others arrested following shootout with Boksburg cops
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News24 reports that an alleged illegal miner was killed and 11 others arrested following a shootout with police in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday.