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
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Over 9,500 state employees ‘double dipped’ to irregularly receive Ters payments
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Moneyweb reports that it was revealed in response to parliamentary questions that about R161 million paid out from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) was to people who should not have received it.
Durban businessman and three KZN top cops to appear on Wednesday for 2010 World Cup fraud case
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TimesLIVE reports that the case against controversial businessman Thoshan Panday and his co-accused, retired KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and former police officers Ashwin Narainpershad and Navin Madhoe, was scheduled to resume in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
Unisa’s performance assessment system for lecturers questioned for including students’ pass rates among performance indicators
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TimesLIVE reports that an academic at the University of SA (Unisa) has expressed fears that lecturers will be “pressurised to falsely inflate marks” as pass rates in modules are among the performance indicators now used to determine staff bonuses.
Two Hawks officers and former cop get bail in 'promotions corruption' case
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TimesLIVE reports that two senior members of the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) and a former police officer implicated in irregular promotional appointments were granted bail on Tuesday in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
Solidarity in court bid to secure rights of SA Post Office workers
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Pretoria News reports that trade union Solidarity is planning to turn to the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for an urgent application against the SA Post Office (Sapo) in a bid to secure workers’ rights.