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.
Gay ex-flight attendant in battle with Comair after being dismissed for alleged sexual harassment
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News24 reports that a former Comair flight attendant is questioning how he lost his job as a cabin crew member after engaging in what he thought was an honest conversation with a colleague.
Tzaneen municipal manager suspended for 'tough' stance against tender fraud and corruption
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Sunday Independent reports that the Greater Tzaneen Municipality in Limpopo has suspended its municipal manager, Serapelo Matlala, for taking a hardline stance against tender fraud, corruption and irregularities worth millions of rand.
Train stations vandalised, set alight in Gauteng last week after failed attempt to terminate security contracts
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GroundUp reports that last week saw several train stations and substations hit by vandalism, theft and burning in Gauteng. The affected stations included Park, Maraisburg, Doornfontein and Germiston.
Middleman's mom alleged to have intimidated witness in Popcru assassination case
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News24 reports that allegations of witness intimidation have surfaced in the bail application of three men accused of hatching a plot to assassinate senior members of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru).
With Saldanha steel plant to close, West Coast livelihoods in danger
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News24 reports that dozens of Saldanha steel workers picketed in front of the West Coast plant on Thursday chanting "We want steel, we want steel!"
SAA task team to begin its search for salary increase difference in two weeks
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EWN reports that a task team set up to find money for staff salaries at South African Airways (SAA) said on Friday it would start its work in two weeks’ time.
Two Johannesburg police officers killed on Saturday might while responding to a hijacking
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ews24 reports that national police commissioner General Khehla John Sitole has condemned the killing of two police officers who died on Saturday night.
Dutch government to invest R300m in Khayelitsha and Nyanga transport
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The Citizen reports that the City of Cape Town’s transport directorate will receive R300 million in grant funding from the government of the Netherlands over the next five to ten years, to improve public transport for commuters from two of the city’s townships, Khayelitsha and Nyanga.
Seven KZN teachers and administrator expelled for sexual misconduct
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News24 reports that seven teachers and one administrator, who faced allegations of sexual misconduct, have been expelled by the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) department of education.
SAA confirms all flights back on schedule after unions accepted pre-strike wage offer on Friday
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EWN and BusinessLive report that on Saturday South African Airways (SAA) assured passengers that flights were operating on schedule, a day after employees agreed to return to work following a crippling wage strike.
SAA won’t be able to pay staff salaries for November on normal payment dates
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BusinessLive reports that cash-strapped national carrier South African Airways (SAA) says it will not be able to pay staff salaries for November on the normal scheduled payment dates.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 21 November 2019
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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that appeared thus far on
Thursday, 21 November 2019.
CEO of Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (Misa) arrested on Thursday
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BusinessLive reports that Ntandazo Vimba, CEO of the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (Misa), was arrested by the Hawks on Thursday morning.
Steel industry’s woes have left a trail of job losses, but prospects of increased intra-African trade exist
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Financial Mail writes that low domestic demand and a depressed global market are taking their toll on SA’s steel sector — and no easy answers seem on hand to offer relief. Steel’s woes have left a trail of job losses.
Cabinet backs new Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter
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Fin24 reports that according to Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, new Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter will bring significant international experience and turnaround skills necessary to carry out interventions at Eskom.
Cellphone under 14-year old pupil’s pillow leads to Mpumalanga teacher's arrest for sexual grooming
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TimesLIVE reports that a 30-year-old Mpumalanga teacher is behind bars for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old pupil.
Solidarity requests court to put SAA in business rescue
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BusinessLive reports that trade union Solidarity lodged court papers on Thursday requesting that South African Airways (SAA) be placed in business rescue. The Companies Act allows trade unions to bring such an application.
Talks continuing on Thursday at CCMA to break deadlock between unions and SAA
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TimesLIVE reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) were on Thursday still engaged in wage talks with South African Airways (SAA).
SAA running out of cash and could miss salary payments this month, even as unions seek to expand strike
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Reuters reports that South African Airways (SAA) has nearly no cash left and might miss salary payments this month, even as a crippling six-day strike has pushed the state-owned airline to the brink of financial collapse.
Following fatal 2018 fire, Bank of Lisbon building in Joburg CBD to be demolished on Sunday
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News24 reports that a Johannesburg building, in which a blaze claimed the lives of three firemen in September 2018, will soon be no more.
Popcru CEO in court on Wednesday over allegations of conspiracy to kill senior union members
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News24 reports that Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) Chief Executive Officer, Zwelinkosi Reuben Mdletshe, and another man appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on allegations of conspiring to kill senior Popcru members.
Bogus medical student working at Mamelodi Hospital caught out after fallout with friend
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News24 reports that a 24-year-old man posing as a medical student and working at Mamelodi Hospital was only caught out after his friend snitched on him following a fallout.
Pravin Gordhan says he will ‘interfere’ if Eskom jobs are threatened
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Mining Weekly reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has refuted suggestions that government was interfering with the work of boards and executives at State-owned companies, such as Eskom, but has also indicated that he will not stand by should decisions be made that lead to significant job losses.
Numsa warns of ‘no retreat’ as Air Chefs set to join deadlocked SAA strike
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BusinessLive reports that a secondary strike that could affect airline catering is on the cards, as talks between unions and South African Airways (SAA) remained deadlocked on Wednesday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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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, 20 November 2019.
Government reduces administrative burden on applicants for state jobs
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BusinessTech reports that all government departments and their components have been directed to stop the practice of requiring certified copies of documents not older than three months to accompany applications for employment.
Air Chefs set to join industrial action at SAA in secondary strike
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TimesLIVE reports that a secondary strike that could have an impact on catering in the aviation sector is on the cards, as talks between unions and South African Airways (SAA) remained deadlocked on Wednesday.
As labour department’s jewel in the crown, the CCMA shines as it exceeds expectations
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In a letter to the editor, MP and well-known labour analyst and lawyer Michael Bagraim writes that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has performed beyond expectation.
Cabinet ministers and deputies fail to pay R1,200-a-month subsidised rentals
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BusinessLive reports that cabinet ministers and their deputies, who each earn up to R2.4m a year and are tasked with driving the government’s user-pay principle, are failing to keep up with relatively cheap rentals for their lavish ministerial homes.
Consumer inflation slowed to 3.7% in October, its lowest level in eight years
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BusinessLive reports that Statistics SA advised on Wednesday that consumer inflation slid lower in October, reaching its lowest level in eight years.