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.
Motsoaledi tells health and safety summit database of 400,000 former mineworkers fully functional
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Mining Weekly reports that it is estimated that more than one-million former mineworkers, who are in need of medical assessments and treatments, are without access to health services.
Miners with black lung disease to bring class action lawsuit against coal mining companies
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TimesLive reports that the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) announced on Thursday that it was providing assistance to ill miners who were about to sue the coal mining for failing to protect them from black lung disease.
Two mineworkers killed in the last 24 hours
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TimesLive reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Thursday evening that two mineworkers had been killed the preceding 24 hours.
Duduza Khosana completely ignores judgment to step down from Samwumed
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BusinessLive reports that Duduza Khosana has stayed on at the helm of Samwumed, a medical aid scheme for unionised municipal workers, despite a judgment in October removing her as the provisional curator.
Private security regulatory body condemns ‘killing spree of security guards’
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ANA reports that the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) on Thursday condemned the recent string of an “unbridled killing spree of security guards in different parts of South Africa”.
Solidarity says Sasol’s cut in production target due to strike action
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BusinessLive reports that on Thursday Sasol reduced its production guidance for its Secunda coal-to-oil plant because maintenance was taking longer than expected.
Increased urgency to improve mine health and safety, Mantashe tells summit
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Mining Weekly reports that Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday that the increase in mining fatalities in mining over the past two years has increased the urgency of improving health and safety in the sector.
Shareholder pressure on Truworths leads to promise of more disclose on executive performance targets
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BusinessLive reports that increasing demands from institutional shareholders for details of performance targets for the awarding of multimillion-rand executive pay packages have prompted Truworths to publish additional critical information just one week before its AGM to avoid a shareholder backlash.
Don’t reduce coal’s current share of the energy mix, says NUM
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Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called for coal to be retained far more strongly in the country’s energy mix.
Tow truck operator arrested for pouring petrol and burning workers to death over missing gearbox
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News24 reports that a tow truck owner has been arrested for allegedly dousing two of his employees with petrol and setting them alight in Mariannhill, Durban.
Cape Town fire stations take strain as dispute over standby allowance and working hours deepens
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News24 reports that the City of Cape Town's fire and rescue service is taking strain as a labour dispute over a standby allowance and working hours deepens.
Workers affiliated to Numsa in plastic sector await go ahead for wage strike
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EWN reports that plastic sector workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) will know on Friday whether they can go ahead with their wage strike.
EFF denies being behind alleged violence during MyCiTi bus driver strike
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EWN reports that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has denied being behind alleged violence that has marred an illegal MyCiTi bus driver strike in Cape Town.
Ekurhuleni to train 300 youths in three-year apprenticeships to look after water meters
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The Citizen reports that 300 youths are to be trained by the city of Ekurhuleni to install, repair, and maintain water meters in the City.
Investigative report accuses Numsa of being ‘cornered’ by capital
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The Citizen reports that a damning report has accused the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) of becoming compromised under its general secretary Irvin Jim.
Protesters put pension fund administrator Alexander Forbes under pressure to pay unclaimed benefits
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BusinessLive reports that the Unpaid Benefits Campaign has given pension fund administrator Alexander Forbes (AF) 14 days to act decisively on unpaid benefits it administers.
Transnet CEO will know outcome on Friday of court bid to keep his R7.6m job
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BusinessLive reports that Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama will hear on Friday whether he will hold on to his R7.6m-a-year job at the state-owned logistics company.
CMS probes Discovery Health and Gems over claims of not paying PMB claims in full
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BusinessLive reports that the Council for Medical Schemes is probing SA’s two biggest medical schemes following allegations that they are not paying their members claims in full.
Shiva Uranium workers left in a lurch, threaten to sue over salary payments
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BusinessLive reports that frustrated employees who worked at the closed Shiva Uranium mine are now mulling legal action to recover their dues after operations were halted in July.
Denel workers protest over news they might not be paid in November
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BusinessLive reports that nearly a thousand Solidarity union members protested on Wednesday over pay at cash-strapped state-owned weapons manufacturer Denel.
Municipal buildings in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, destroyed in protest over jobs
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ANA reports that businesses have closed down in the town of Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape following two days of violent protests.
Some Cape Town commuters spend nearly half their income on transport
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Fin24 reports that low-income families in outlying suburbs like Khayelitsha spend around 43% of their income on transport, according to Brett Herron, Cape Town Mayoral Committee (Mayco) member for Transport and Urban Development.
PSA fails to get health department out of ‘death trap’ Civitas building in Pretoria
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BusinessLive reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has failed in its bid to force the health department to move staff out of a building it claims is unsafe.
VBS bank cuts 94 jobs in aftermath of R2bn fraud
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News24 reports that VBS Mutual Bank will be retrenching 94 employees, leaving the beleaguered bank with just 26 staff members made up of two general managers, admin staff and a collections team.
Johannesburg and Discovery launch skills development centre in Orange Farm
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ANA reports that the City of Johannesburg said on Tuesday it had partnered with health and financial services provider Discovery to open a skills development centre in Orange Farm, which will benefit youth in the area.
Limpopo health department cuts managerial posts to hire more specialists
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BusinessLive reports that the Limpopo health department has saved enough money from restructuring its staff complement to hire more specialists.
We are shattered‚ say employers of security guards who were gunned down
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TimesLive reports that the deaths of the two security guards who were killed in Soweto last week have left their employers and colleagues shattered.
KZN teacher conned out of her R1.8m pension money by man she wanted to marry
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TimesLive reports that a teacher who first paid R20‚000 for "cleansing water" so that her boyfriend would marry her‚ was then persuaded to resign and hand over her entire pension.
Court to hear MFSA’s application against DMR over Lonmin’s noncompliance with social and labour plans
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Mining Weekly reports that the Mining Forum of SA (MFSA) has indicated that the Mafikeng High Court will on 26 October hold a hearing into an application lodged against the Mineral Resources Minister over allegations that Lonmin is not complying with its social and labour plans (SLPs).
Uber driver being strangled by passenger rescued by JMPD
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TimesLive reports that Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers on Tuesday saved an Uber driver from robbers‚ said Michael Sun‚ the city's MMC for Public Safety.