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.
New Marikana report sheds some more light on events
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BusinessLive reports that civil society organisations have commended the new report into the events of 16 August 2012 in Marikana where 34 miners were shot dead.
R100m Marikana settlement offer 'way too little', says Mathunjwa
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SowetanLive reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), has described as little the R100-million government offer for general damages made to the families of slain Marikana mineworkers.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 16 August 2018
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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, 16 August 2018.
Farlam unhappy with snail’s pace in implementation of his Marikana recommendations
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ANA reports that retired judge Ian Farlam, who chaired the commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre, on Wednesday expressed concern over the slow pace of implementing his recommendations.
Mantashe blames Gold Fields management for woes of South Deep mine
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Reuters reports that Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday that the plan by Gold Fields to cut jobs at its struggling South Deep mine failed to address "poor management".
Public Servants Association wants to ensure no political intervention in PIC
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BusinessLive reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) told MPs on Wednesday that no politician should chair the board of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC).
Unions reject latest wage offers by gold producers
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ANA reports that four trade unions on Wednesday rejected revised wage increases offers of up to 7.2% made by gold producers at the centralised collective bargaining forum for the sector.
‘Shocked’ ANC calls on mining companies to halt job cuts
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ANA reports that the governing African National Congress (ANC) said on Wednesday that it was emphatically against any retrenchments in both the private and public sectors, and that it was unsustainable for mineworkers to continue to bear the brunt of job losses.
Marikana massacre plunged widows into abject poverty
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The Star reports that the widows of Marikana miners have complained of living in abject poverty while they wait for compensation following the police massacre of 34 breadwinners six years ago.
Mugg & Bean re-employs manager after social media furore over ‘racist’ retrenchment
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Timeslive reports that Mugg & Bean (M&B) has re-employed a member of staff who claimed that he lost his job because customers did not want to be served by a black manager.
Learners at Uitenhage schools protest over teacher shortage by burning tyres
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GroundUp reports that a pall of thick black smoke covered Molly Blackburn Secondary School in Khayelitsha, Uitenhage, on Wednesday morning as scores of learners stood outside the gates, demanding six more permanent teachers.
Paramedics seen as 'soft targets, easy pickings' by criminals on Cape Flats
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GroundUp writes that in the opening minutes of Red Zone Paramedics, a documentary film that takes the viewer through the streets of Mitchells Plain on New Year’s Eve, paramedic Abdul Martin says, "I greet my family as if I’m going to war."
Lutzville farmer convicted of killing worker attempts suicide ahead of sentence
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News24 reports that convicted murderer Martin Visser on Wednesday attempted suicide ahead of his sentencing in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Vredendal.
Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama and two other executives served with suspension notices
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BusinessLive reports that Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama and two other senior officials have been served with notices of intention to suspend them from the state-owned transport and logistics company.
President Ramaphosa orders faster follow-up on Marikana recommendations
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BusinessLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa is unhappy with the slow implementation of the Farlam commission of inquiry’s recommendations on Marikana.
Parliamentary portfolio committee concerned about staff vacancy rates in KZN hospitals and clinics
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BusinessLive reports that Parliament’s portfolio committee on health has raised concerns about high staff vacancy rates and a shortage of space and supplies at health centres in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
Eskom lodges dispute at CCMA as unions dig in over discipline of wildcat strikers
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BusinessLive reports that Eskom has lodged a mutual interest dispute at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) over demands made by trade unions during negotiations on Wednesday.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 15 August 2018
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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, 15 August 2018.
We have made significant progress in Marikana, says Lonmin
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ANA reports that platinum producer Lonmin said on Wednesday that it had made significant progress in delivering on its commitment to the Marikana community.
Fawu, farmers and informal traders take fight over illicit cigarette trade to Treasury
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ANA reports that members of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) were joined by tobacco farmers and informal traders on Tuesday as they marched to the National Treasury offices in Pretoria’s CBD.
Lutzville farmer found guilty of murdering worker from neighbouring farm, dragging him with quadbike
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News24 reports that a Lutzville farmer was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering a farmworker by beating him with a spade, dragging him with a quadbike, and then burying him behind his father's smallholding three years ago.
Three years after tragedy at Lily mine, new owner hopes to reopen it and Barbrook
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BusinessLive reports that the new owners of the distressed Vantage Goldfields and its shuttered Lily and Barbrook mines are hoping to put tragedy behind them as they prepare to revive operations.
Cosatu threats against ANC are ‘more bark than bite’, analyst reckons
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The Citizen writes that the threat by labour federation Cosatu not to vote for the ANC in next year’s election might be more huff and puff than reality.
MPs not impressed with Randjesfontein grooms’ living and working conditions
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BusinessLive reports that after visiting the North Rand Training Centre at the Randjesfontein Race Course in Midrand‚ Gauteng on Tuesday, Parliament’s labour portfolio committee said it was "not impressed" with the living conditions of horse grooms.
Job cuts at South Deep a last-gasp measure, says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland
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Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields, writes for Business Day that the gold producer’s plan to potentially cut up to almost 1,600 jobs at its struggling South Deep mine is a “last-gasp measure”.
New labour relations registrar intent on tackling backlogs, but has no budget to hire staff
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Financial Mail reports that SA’s new registrar for labour relations, Adv. Lehlohonolo Molefe, has been entrusted with restoring regulatory compliance among SA’s employee and employer organisations.
Young workers back Losi to take Cosatu’s reins at September national congress
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Sowetan reports that Cosatu’s second deputy president, Zingiswa Losi, seems to be getting a lot of support to succeed S’dumo Dlamini as the labour federation’s president.
With North-West ‘offering a foretaste of NHI’, Solidarity to hold a summit on proposals on 21 August
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Trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday that experience in the North West province clearly showed that government was not capable of running health care services.
Amcu’s inaugural Marikana massacre memorial lecture to be held on Thursday in Johannesburg
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ANA reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will on Wednesday host the inaugural memorial lecture for slain Marikana mineworkers.
Cable theft disrupts Metrorail’s Joburg-Pretoria train service on Wednesday
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ANA reports that Metrorail’s train service between Pretoria and Johannesburg was disrupted on Wednesday morning due to missing overhead wires on both lines at Olifantsfontein.