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: 30-10-2025
SA Labour News
KPMG SA taps insider Joelene Pierce as its new CEO
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BL Premium reports that KPMG has picked an insider to take over as CEO of the SA division, betting on institutional memory for the firm that faced an existential reckoning after being engulfed in the state capture scandal.
GEMS under pressure from unions to contain 2026 premium increase to single digits
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BL Premium reports that after this year’s controversial 13.4% hike, unions are pressuring the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) to keep its 2026 contribution increase to single digits.
Third of SA steel and engineering firms expect direct hit from US tariff
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News24 reports that a 30% reciprocal tariff on SA goods into the US is expected to have a “significant and multidimensional” impact on the SA metals and engineering sector. This is according to a snapshot survey conducted by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa).
Police arrest 24 more illegal mining suspects in Barberton, bringing total to 518
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News24 reports that police in Mpumalanga have arrested an additional 24 suspected illegal miners in Barberton, where almost 500 suspects were arrested over the weekend.
JMPD officer sentenced to six years for car crash in 2018 that claimed three lives
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IOL News reports that a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison for three counts of culpable homicide by the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court.