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.
Last Update: 10-09-2025
SA Labour News
Vulnerability of unarmed Gauteng wardens laid bare by Daveyton ambush
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News24 reports that three years after Premier Panyaza Lesufi launched the Gauteng crime prevention wardens, they remain unarmed. Five on-duty wardens were shot over the weekend, one of whom remains in ICU.
Thirty-nine percentage of SA's domestic workers earn below minimum wage
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IOL News reports that Sweepsouth’s recently released Annual Report on Domestic Worker Pay and Working Conditions reveals that a staggering 39% of domestic workers in SA earn below the national minimum wage.
ArcelorMittal SA must be ‘re-nationalised’, says Saftu
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Bloomberg reports that according to Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), the government must “re-nationalise” ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) to avert job losses and rebuild SA’s beleaguered manufacturing industry.
Former FNB employee jailed for stealing R800,000 from elderly customer
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TimesLIVE reports that the Gqeberha specialised commercial crimes court has sentenced Leonie Stella Stiemie, a former branch administrator at FNB Kirkwood, to an effective six years’ imprisonment for two counts of theft.
Court turns down Sibiya’s bid to return to work in showdown over task team
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BL Premium reports that a full bench of the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday dismissed deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s application to return to work. Sibiya was ordered to stay at home by national commissioner Fannie Masemola following his disbandment of an elite task team investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal.