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.
Saccawu announces end to wage strike at Massmart stores
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Fin24 reports that on Monday the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (Saccawu) announced an end to its wage strike at Massmart's stores.
IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi tests positive for Covid-19 for second time
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The Witness reports that the family of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, founder and president emeritus of the IFP and traditional prime minister to the Zulu Monarch, announced on Monday that he has again tested positive for Covid-19.
SAPS suspends Cape Town cop accused of raping male shoplifting suspect in a police vehicle
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News24 reports that a Cape Town police officer has been suspended and is facing disciplinary action after he was arrested and charged with raping a man suspected of shoplifting.
MTN makes Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for its employees
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Engineering News reports that MTN has joined a growing number of SA companies that have implemented a vaccine mandate amid the battle with the fourth wave of Covid-19 and the new Omicron variant.
Roundup on Monday, 6 December 2021 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, 3 December 2021.
President Ramaphosa expects task team to report back on vaccine mandates soon
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TimesLIVE reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he was waiting for a report-back from a task team he established to investigate the possibility of making vaccination against Covid-19 infection mandatory.
Financial and Fiscal Commission suspends CEO Kay Brown amid claims of misconduct
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BL Premium reports that the CEO of the constitutional body tasked with advising the Treasury on its fiscal framework and with exercising oversight over government spending has been suspended amid allegations of misconduct.
Parliament wants update from defence department on refurbishment of 1 Military Hospital in Tshwane, calling it 'an unmitigated disaster'
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News24 reports that the Joint Standing Committee on Defence has called on the Department of Defence and Military Veterans to account for the refurbishment of the 1 Military Hospital in Tshwane.
Higher Education Minister sounds alarm about growing number of fake colleges
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EWN reports that Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has warned of a spike in the number of fake colleges offering so-called honours and doctoral degrees.
University of Johannesburg the latest university to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory
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BL Premium reports that the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has become the latest tertiary institution to make Covid-19 jabs compulsory for those who want to access its facilities.
Sibanye-Stillwater confirms deaths of four employees in two separate incidents on Friday
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Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that four employees were killed in two separate incidents on Friday, 3 December.
Anglo American to require vaccinations globally from next year
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Moneyweb writes that according to a report in the UK’s The Telegraph, global commodity producer Anglo American will require all employees to be vaccinated from next year.
Mango employees to pay the price for the state’s incompetence, says Solidarity
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On Thursday Solidarity expressed its dissatisfaction with state-owned airline Mango’s business rescue plan, which was only accepted earlier that day.
Eastern Cape pensioner, 70, gets six years jail time for stealing R490,000 from employer
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News24 reports that a 70-year-old Eastern Cape man has been slapped with six years direct imprisonment for stealing almost half a million rand from his employer.
Final salute for slain Table View policeman killed in factory robbery
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News24 reports that Table View police officer Sergeant Nametso Molema was honoured at a wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service on Thursday after being shot in the head while attempting to stop a business robbery.
Prasa fires CEO Zolani Matthews for holding dual citizenship after earlier failing to prove he had not met targets
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BusinessLive reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has fired its CEO, Zolani Matthews, for holding dual citizenship‚ which it says was a material breach that he did not disclose.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 2 December 2021
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Vaccine passports may start in SA in early 2022
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BL Premium reports that unvaccinated South Africans could face restrictions on being able to access public services and places of employment as soon as the beginning of 2022.
Department of Employment Labour tells MPs that migrants make up about 7% of SA’s labour force and 4% of the population
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Fin24 reports that according to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), migrants constitute about 4% of the population in SA and 7% of the country's labour force.
Two Cape Town workers overcome by hazardous vapours rescued from storm water pipe
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News24 reports that two workers were rescued after they were trapped in a storm water pipe in Cape Town on Tuesday. According to the City of Cape Town, the men were doing maintenance work when they were overcome by hazardous vapours and collapsed.
Mineworker dies at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Beatrix gold mine in the Free State
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Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has expressed concern about the death on Tuesday of a mineworker at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Beatrix operation, in the Free State.
SANDF ordered by health products regulator to return unlicensed Covid drug to Cuba
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BusinessLive reports that SA’s health products regulator has ordered the defence force to return an unregistered Covid-19 drug obtained from Cuba, or face having it confiscated and destroyed.
Massmart confident of business as usual despite ongoing strike
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BL Premium reports that as the indefinite wage strike at Massmart continues, the company is confident that it has enough capacity to serve its customers during the busy festive season irrespective of whether workers accept the retailer’s proposals or not.
After salaries not paid, parents beg staff at Durban mental health facility to return to work and care for disabled
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SowetanLIVE reports that workers who care for 84 profoundly disabled people at Durban and Coastal Mental Health’s (DCMH’s) Jona Vaughan residential facility are back at work after the parents' association “begged them” and raised money for their transport costs.
As gold wage strike looms, Sibanye-Stillwater puts stringent rules in place to safeguard its assets
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BL Premium reports that gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater has put in place stringent rules to ensure its assets are not damaged during a looming wage strike by a coalition of four mining unions.
Creditors, including retrenched staff, give nod to CNA business-rescue plan
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BL Premium reports that CNA, the 125-year-old stationer, has been saved on the brink of collapse, after more than 75% of its creditors approved its business-rescue plan.
Whistleblower portal launched by Solidarity to expose corruption in Eskom
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On Wednesday, Solidarity announced the launching of a new, protected whistleblower portal with the aim of empowering employees to expose corruption at Eskom.
Cosatu’s vaccine U-turn revolved around retail and manufacturing affiliates versus public sector unions
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Financial Mail reports that Cosatu’s U-turn on Covid-19 vaccine mandates came about at a heated high-level meeting on Monday that was held after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement the night before that a task team would "undertake broad consultations on making vaccination mandatory for specific activities and locations".
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 1 December 2021
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Public sector unions refuse to support mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations
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Fin24 reports that while labour federation Cosatu now supports mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policies, unions in the public sector are resisting compulsory jabs in workplaces and public areas.