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: 27-10-2025
SA Labour News
GEPF urges Godongwana to rein in government pensions administration agency to protect workers’ assets
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News24 reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has urged Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to put the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) under the fund’s control to rein in governance breaches and protect state employees’ pensions.
Ithala employees, who have not received their August salaries, and the bank’s depositors plead for intervention
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Sunday Times reports that unions representing more than 400 Ithala Bank employees and 257,000 depositors are pleading for an urgent political solution to the crisis engulfing the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) state-backed institution.
Pressure mounts on Higher Education Minister over Seta administrator appointments
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Sunday Times reports that Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) Minister Buti Manamela is under increasing pressure to come clean before parliament this week about his controversial appointments of certain sector education and training authority (Seta) administrators.
Mpumalanga police detective killed while allegedly carrying out roadside robbery together with accomplices
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IOL News reports that a SA Police Services (SAPS) detective has been killed while allegedly carrying out a robbery on Friday night in Belfast in Mpumalanga. His three accomplices have been arrested.
Roundup on Monday, 25 August 2025 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see the following summaries of our selection of
South African labour-related articles.