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.
Exxaro Resources rolls out vaccination drive at Matla mine
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Mining Weekly reports that diversified miner Exxaro Resources has launched a Covid-19 vaccination rollout programme at its Matla coal mine in Mpumalanga.
Wage agreement not ideal, say public sector unions, but good for now
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BL Premium reports that public sector trade unions that have reached a wage agreement with the government say that they have given government “breathing space” for 2021, but will negotiate hard to win proper cost-of-living increases in 2022.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 27 July 2021
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In our early morning roundup, see summaries
of our selection of recent South African labour-
labour-related reports.
Salga calls on municipalities to pay back R1.2bn spent on financial reporting by consultants
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The Citizen reports that the SA Local Government Association (Salga) has called on municipalities that paid more than R1 billion to consultants for financial reporting to pay back the money or face the wrath of the law.
Telkom to pay R20m in retention bonuses to outgoing CEO Sipho Maseko
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TechCentral reports that Telkom has disclosed in its integrated report, published on Monday, that it will pay its outgoing group CEO R20 million to retain his services for the two years between March 2020 and March 2022.
More than 1,000 Golden Arrow buses help during Cape Town taxi crisis
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News24 reports that taxi bosses from the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (Codeta) went into arbitration on Monday over a disputed route between Bellville and Paarl that has been closed for two months after a cycle of deadly shootings.
Pupils will be vaccinated if health department gives directive and parents consent, says Angie Motshekga
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TimesLIVE reports that the Department of Basic Education will not oppose the vaccination of pupils if the national health department issues that directive, minister Angie Motshekga said at the weekend.
Consumers holding on to medical scheme membership despite weak economy and widespread job losses
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BL Premium reports that SA’s two biggest medical scheme administrators, Discovery Health and Medscheme, have reported growth in membership among their client schemes, despite the downturn in the economy and widespread job losses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mango says it could return to profitability by 2024 through business rescue
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BL Premium reports that SA Airways (SAA) interim CEO Thomas Kgokolo has indicated that Mango Airlines, SAA’s low-cost subsidiary, will be placed in business rescue.
Lesufi hopes that 7% of Gauteng teachers will change their minds and vaccinate against Covid-19
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News24 reports that Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyazi Lesufi, says that as the Covid-19 vaccination rollout continues for different groups of people, he hopes the seven percent of teachers who have declined to be vaccinated will change their minds and vaccinate.
Primary school security guard dies after attack by robbers in Cape Town on Saturday
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News24 Wire reports that a Cape Town security guard died after having been attacked by robbers who broke into a school days before the return of pupils.
With assent by a majority of state employees, government gets public sector wage agreement over the line
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BL Premium reports that after three months of talks, the government has reached a deal with a majority of public sector employees, with the “interim” one-year wage deal to be implemented as early as Tuesday.
Roundup on Monday, 26 July 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, 23 July 2021.
Maternity benefits should be extended to informal sector, says SA Law Reform Commission
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The Star reports that the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) has recommended the extension of maternity benefits to women working in the informal economy.
Covid-19 vaccination: people aged 18-34 to be jabbed from 1 September
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News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night that people between the ages of 18 to 34 would be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from 1 September.
Ramaphosa eases virus lockdown, announces post-riot relief
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Bloomberg reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night that SA will move to adjusted alert level 3, from alert level 4, after the country passed the peak of a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
Holomisa, Vavi meet Western Cape taxi bosses to help resolve crisis over suspension of major route
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News24 reports that UDM leader Bantu Holomisa and Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi are holding urgent talks with warring taxi operators in Cape Town to help defuse the tension over routes. Vavi is attending in his capacity as the leader of a union federation.
Nzimande suspends Department of Higher Education's Director-General pending investigation
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News24 reports that the Director-General of the Department of Higher Education and Training, Gwebinkundla Qonde, has been suspended pending a forensic investigation into the National Skills Fund.
Sipho Maseko to step down as Telkom chief as from 30 June 2022
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Engineering News reports that Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko will step down as CEO and executive director of the company and its subsidiaries with effect from 30 June 2022.
Seifsa reaches agreement with CEO Kaizer Nyatsumba to ‘mutually separate’
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Engineering News reports that the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has announced that its CEO Kaizer Nyatsumba has left the organisation to focus on his consulting company.
Amid deadly feud, Western Cape government suspends minibus taxi services on Paarl-Bellville route for two months
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News24 reports that Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell has announced the suspension of the B97 taxi route between Paarl and Bellville for two months, from 26 July.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 23 July 2021
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In our early morning roundup, see summaries
of our selection of recent South African labour-
labour-related reports.
Outrage on social media over dramatic increase in food prices
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The Citizen reports that consumers were alarmed in recent weeks when they noticed there had been a dramatic increase in food prices, and many took to social media to express their anger.
KwaZulu-Natal on high alert with three days of rolling mass action planned
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BL Premium reports that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is on high alert as three days of rolling mass action kicked into gear on Wednesday calling for justice and peace in hotspot Phoenix.
Consumer inflation edges lower in June to 4.9%
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Moneyweb reports that data from Statistics SA (Stats SA) on Wednesday indicated that annual consumer inflation eased to 4.9% in June, after it reached a 30-month high of 5.2% in May.
Covid-19 vaccination rate lags among non-medical scheme members
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BusinessLive reports that a higher proportion of medical scheme members have received a Covid-19 vaccine shot compared with non-medical scheme members under the government’s immunisation drive.
SAPS had ‘a fair reason’ to dismiss Khomotso Phahlane, bargaining council rules
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News24 reports that former acting national police commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane has lost another bid challenging his dismissal in July 2020 from the SA Police Service (SAPS) .
Limpopo education department exceeds Covid-19 vaccination target by over 12,000
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News24 reports that the Limpopo Department of Education has exceeded the target it set for vaccinating its staff against Covid-19 infections by more than 12,000.
Western Cape commuters fear pay cuts and job losses due absences from work as a result of ongoing taxi strike
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News24 reports that Western Cape commuters have raised concerns of pay cuts and threats of possible job losses after missing several days of work due to the lack of public transport caused by the ongoing taxi violence gripping Cape Town.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 22 July 2021
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In our early morning roundup, see summaries
of our selection of recent South African labour-
labour-related reports.