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.
Six killed in standoff between zama zamas and mine security guards in Orkney
- Details
News24 reports that police have been placed on high alert in Orkney in North West where six suspected illegal miners have been killed and 35 more were arrested after an attack on security guards at a mine.
Acting CEO of SA Tourism, Sthembiso Dlamini, resigns after three months at the helm
- Details
Fin24 reports that in a statement on Thursday, the board of SA Tourism (SAT) announced that acting CEO Sthembiso Dlamini had resigned.
Presidency confirms notice to suspend national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole
- Details
News24 reports that the Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla Sitole, of his intention to suspend him and invited Sitole to make representations as to why the president should not go ahead with the suspension.
Free State cop found guilty of several sexual offences following IPID investigation
- Details
News24 reports that a Free State police officer has been found guilty of several sexual offences following an Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigation.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 7 October 2021
- Details
In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Cosatu stay-away action on Thursday ‘a crapshoot that could expose its deficiencies’
- Details
Fin24 writes that Cosatu announced on Tuesday that it would hold a national strike on Thursday, which is also the Global Day for The Worker, to send a message to the government and the private sector that the “economic mess that the country finds itself in" has to be fixed.
NUM gets behind Cosatu’s national strike on Thursday
- Details
Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has decided to join the 7 October national strike launched by Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu).
Cosatu calls for national stayaway on Thursday over 'economic mess' that SA finds itself in
- Details
News24Wire reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called for organised labour to join in a strike by staying away from work on Thursday in an effort to apply pressure on government and the private sector to "fix the economic mess that the country finds itself in".
Mark Cutifani confirms Anglo American board “working through” CEO succession plan
- Details
Miningmx reports that Mark Cutifani, CEO of Anglo American, said on Wednesday that the group’s board was weighing up potential candidates to succeed him next year.
The Foschini Group opens new clothing factory in Hillbrow for the hearing impaired
- Details
Moneyweb reports that The Foschini Group (TFG) has expanded its local clothing manufacturing business with the opening on Monday of a new Prestige Clothing factory for the hearing impaired in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
Police officer gunned down on Tuesday during an armed robbery at Post Office in Illovo, KZN
- Details
The Witness reports that two men were arrested after a police officer was shot and killed during an armed robbery in Mid-Illovo, near Durban, on Tuesday.
Busa maintains its support for Prof Mthunzi Mdwaba as ILO director-general nominee
- Details
Engineering News reports that Business Unity SA (Busa) has noted with concern the decision by the South African government to withdraw its support for the candidature of Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba as director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Kumba Iron Ore names Mpumi Zikalala as new CEO
- Details
BusinessLive reports that Kumba Iron Ore has appointed Mpumi Zikalala as its new CEO, replacing Themba Mkhwanazi who will head Anglo American’s global bulk commodities business.
Special Tribunal judge orders seizure of millions in account linked to suspended Eskom manager
- Details
BL Premium reports that Special Tribunal judge Thina Siwendu has ordered that the R11m held in a bank account linked to a suspended Eskom manager, which she deemed to be proceeds of unlawful activities, be forfeited to the state.
With 50 vacancies in its core programme, SIU warns that cash crunch poses a major risk to its operations
- Details
BL Premium reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the state’s corruption-fighting investigating unit that has been weighed down by a dire shortage of skilled forensic investigators, wants its funding model to be reviewed.
As striking Numsa workers marched on Tuesday, Seifsa struck a conciliatory tone
- Details
BL Premium reports that the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of SA (Seifsa) on Tuesday struck a conciliatory tone, saying a lockout in the metals and engineering sector wouldn’t resolve matters and assuring thousands of workers that a deal would be reached.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 5 October 2021
- Details
In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South African
labour-related reports.
Solidarity and Saefa reach historic metals and engineering wage settlement
- Details
Trade union Solidarity announced on Monday that it had entered into an ‘historic’ wage agreement with the SA Engineers and Founders Association (Saefa) within the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC).
Armed robbers assault, pepper spray and rob staff and patients at Mpumalanga clinic on Sunday
- Details
News24 reports that Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for armed robbers who assaulted, pepper sprayed and robbed staff and patients at the Empumelelweni Clinic in Vosman on Sunday morning.
KwaZulu-Natal paramedic shot dead on Sunday while inside ambulance while assisting gunshot victim
- Details
News24 reports that a KwaZulu-Natal paramedic was shot and killed while attending to a shooting victim in the Estcourt area in the early hours of Monday morning.
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination not necessarily an infringement on rights, says SAHRC
- Details
News24 reports that according to the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), a general law mandating Covid-19 vaccination in SA would not necessarily be a human rights infringement.
Four KZN cops attacked in 48 hours, one dead, another in critical condition
- Details
News24 reports that four KwaZulu-Natal police officers came under fire in separate incidents in just 48-hours, leaving one officer dead and another in critical care.
Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis says in wake of Mining Charter ruling, mining houses must take the initiative to empower employees and communities
- Details
Gideon du Plessis, trade union Solidarity’s general secretary, writes that in its recent ruling on the 2018 Mining Charter, the High Court concluded that the charter should not be seen as legislation but as policy.
Mboweni laments that corruption undermined SA’s Covid-19 response
- Details
BL Premium reports that former finance minister Tito Mboweni has conceded that the preventive measures put in place by the government to prevent the looting of resources meant for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic had been insufficient.
SA government ‘revokes’ its support for Mthunzi Mdwaba’s bid to lead International Labour Organisation
- Details
BL Premium reports that SA businessperson Mthunzi Mdwaba says he finds it “quite bizarre and odd” that the SA government has revoked its support for his candidacy to become the next director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Uasa demands answers from Public Enterprises Minister regarding nonpayment of Denel employees
- Details
Engineering News reports that trade union Uasa has demanded that Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Pravin Gordhan clarify issues regarding the nonpayment of employees at state-owned enterprise (SOE) Denel.
Numsa to go ahead on Tuesday with metals and engineering wage strike after talks on Sunday collapsed
- Details
BL Premium reports that the industrial action planned by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in the metals and engineering industries sector is set to start with a march to the bargaining council in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
No Covid relief funds for thousands of early childhood development centres
- Details
GroundUp reports that the Presidential Employment Stimulus fund for Early Childhood Development (ECD) has been marred by dysfunction.
JSE calls for disclosure of executive remuneration to apply to all companies
- Details
BL Premium reports that the JSE Ltd, which operates the largest stock exchange in Africa, says remuneration disclosures should apply to all companies, not just publicly traded and state-owned entities (SOEs).
As unions combine to declare a wage dispute, Sibanye-Stillwater says it “will take a strike”
- Details
Miningmx reports that following a joint statement on Friday by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (Amcu), Solidarity and UASA, Sibanye-Stillwater said it wouldn’t “accede to threats”.