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.
Another top Dirco official suspended in connection with botched R118m New York land deal
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News24 reports that Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) chief financial officer Caiphus Ramashau has been placed on precautionary suspension in connection with a R118 million New York deal to buy land which didn’t exist.
Four JMPD officers, including two superintendents, to appear in court on charges of corruption and theft of a vehicle
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News24 reports that four Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officers, including two superintendents, are expected to appear in court on Tuesday where they will face charges of corruption and theft out of a motor vehicle.
On Friday, another cop shot dead in Cape Town
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News24 reports that the Cape Town police force lost another member after an off-duty police constable was shot and killed in Delft on Friday afternoon.
JMPD security officer’s body found burnt at Rea Vaya bus station on Friday
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News24 reports that the body of a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) security officer was found burnt at a Rea Vaya bus station on Friday.
‘Open CCMA Campaign’ alleges CCMA is outsourcing dispute referral system to corner stores and internet cafés
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BL Premium reports that the budget cuts at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) have plunged the statutory body for aggrieved employees into a crisis.
Nearly R60bn in Ters relief benefits paid out since March last year
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The Citizen reports that the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) paid out close to R60 billion to 267,414 employers after applications opened in March last year.
Eastern Cape principal who forced pupil into toilet pit to search for cellphone gets bail of R2,500
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HeraldLive reports that the suspended Eastern Cape school principal accused of instructing a pupil to extract his cell phone from a pit latrine has been granted bail.
Treasury rejects DA bill to allow pension fund members to take out loans using their pensions as security
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BusinessLive reports that citing the high level of indebtedness and low level of savings in the country, the Treasury has rejected a bill proposed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that would allow pension fund members to leverage their pensions for their own benefit.
In wake of prison sex video, prisoner organisations claim sexual relations between warders and inmates happen all the time
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Daily News reports that according to prisoner organisations, sexual relations between warders and prisoners happened all the time and the recent video made headlines only because it went viral.
Solidarity, AfriForum to proceed with litigation over Tourism Equity Fund
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Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity and civil rights group AfriForum have announced that they will be proceeding with litigation against the Tourism Equity Fund (TEF) after having unfruitful talks with the Ministry.
Shoprite wants to secure Covid-19 vaccines for its employees on its own
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Bloomberg reports that according to the head of retailer Shoprite, SA’s private sector must be allowed to secure vaccines on their own to speed-up the slow roll out of Covid-19 shots.
Exxaro’s Nombasa Tsengwa named as CEO designate, to take helm in 2023
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Miningmx reports that Exxaro Resources has laid out its management succession plan as it transitions from an overwhelming dependence on coal.
PwC report reveals that SA CEOs expect more job cuts in 2021
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Business Report writes that this year for the first time since 2010, more SA businesses are expecting to reduce the number of their staff than to increase them.
West Rand Municipality under fire for paying full salary of senior official for months after he was deported
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The Star reports that the Rand West City Local Municipality is under fire for corruption for allegedly paying a former senior manager his full salary despite him having been deported.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 17 March 2021
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Wednesday, 17 March 2021.
NAC in bid to fix allocation of Pesp relief funds
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The Star reports that the National Arts Council (NAC), which has come under fire for alleged mismanagement of funds to beneficiaries, is investigating way of improving allocation, according to board member Dr Sipho Sithole.
BMF calls for suspension of Eskom CEO, who is facing racism allegations
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SowetanLive reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) has called for the suspension of Eskom group chief executive officer Andre de Ruyter, who has been the parastatal's CEO since 15 January 2020.
Cobra initiative succeeds in saving businesses and more than 2,000 jobs
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Engineering News reports that despite the SA economy having contracted by 7% year-on-year in 2020, the Covid Business Rescue Assistance (Cobra) initiative has managed to save dozens of businesses and thousands of jobs.
Three bogus City of Joburg directors nabbed after alleged R400m fraud attempt
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News24 Wire reports that three suspects who pretended to be the board of directors of the City of Johannesburg and allegedly attempted to defraud the municipality of almost R400 million, made their first appearance at the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Agreement on Covid-19 vaccination critical before gold, coal wage negotiations, says Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis
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Gideon du Plessis, general secretary of trade union Solidarity, writes that while Covid-19 is destroying lives and livelihoods, a legal debate is developing about whether the mining sector could make vaccination compulsory.
Shoprite created over 4,300 new jobs in SA in second half of 2020
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Moneyweb reports that food retailer Shoprite, which boasts a 140,000-strong workforce, created 4,305 new jobs in SA in the second half of 2020.
Sanef condemns 'harassment' of eNCA journalists by EFF-linked students during fees protests
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News24 reports that the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has condemned the "unlawful and intimidatory" acts by students allegedly aligned to the EFF that prevented eNCA journalists from covering ongoing university fees protests.
HPCSA suspends 16 employees implicated in bribery and corruption involving the expediting of registrations
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News24 reports that the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has placed 16 employees on precautionary suspension, after they were implicated in bribery and corruption involving the expediting of registration processes.
Three West Rand municipal workers stole over R3m of state funds out of ‘absolute greed’
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SowetanLive reports that the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court heard on Monday how three Rand West municipal workers stole over R3m in state funds "out of absolute greed without remorse".
Two security officers and a third person killed in violent protest at Limpopo’s Annesley mine in Tubatse
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News24 reports that a violent protest on Monday at the Annesley Mine in Tubatse outside Burgersfort has left three people, two of whom were mine security guards, dead.
Hawks head tells parliament the elite investigation unit is operating on less than 50% capacity
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BusinessLive reports that the boss of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), Godfrey Lebeya, has painted a dire picture of its resourcing constraints, saying the unit was operating at less than 50% capacity.
Estate Agency Affairs Board ordered to issue all outstanding estate agents’ licences within fifteen days
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BL Premium reports that Gauteng High Court judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane on Monday ordered the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) to provide all outstanding licences to estate agents within the next fifteen days.
Female prison warder caught on camera having sex with inmate faces disciplinary measures
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HeraldLive reports that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is set to take action against a female warder who was caught on video having sex with an inmate at a prison in KwaZulu-Natal.
Hundreds of unfilled critical hospital posts, with 544 vacancies at one Gauteng academic hospital
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The Star reports that budget cuts and the shortage of specialist nurses have left some of the country’s hospitals with hundreds of unfilled critical posts. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has blamed these two factors for the high number of vacant posts at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria.
Eastern Cape school principal suspended for forcing pupil into pit toilet to search for missing cell phone
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News24 reports that an Eastern Cape school principal has been suspended after he allegedly used a rope to lower an 11-year-old pupil down a pit toilet to search for his missing cellphone after it accidentally fell into the latrine.