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.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 2 & 3 July 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 2 July and Sunday, 3 July 2016
Monday’s taxi strike in Gauteng called off
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ANA reports that the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) in Gauteng has suspended its plans to strike and march on the provincial government offices on 4 July.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 1 July 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 1 July 2016
Roundup of labour news on Friday, 1 July 2016
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In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 30 June 2016.
Tribunal okays SABMiller takeover, with tweaks to layoffs and some other conditions
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Business Report writes that the Competition Tribunal has approved a merger between SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev, which will create the largest beer brewing company in the world.
Nehawu members call truce at Parliament and return to work
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News24 reports that Parliament's disgruntled National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) members called a truce with management by going back to work on Thursday.
Suspended SABC journalists’ disciplinary hearings start on Friday morning
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TMG Digital reports that the disciplinary hearings against three SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists who had been charged with misconduct started on Friday morning.
Wage talks between Numsa and auto component firms break down
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Reuters reports that wage talks between the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and employers in the auto component sector hit a deadlock on Friday.
Durban construction worker ‘pushed’ to death off building, colleague arrested
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News24 reports that police are investigating the murder of a construction worker who plunged to his death at a Durban construction site on Currie Road on Thursday.
Popcru hands over demands to three Eastern Cape departments at march on Thursday
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DispatchLive reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in the Eastern Cape has given government seven days to respond to demands by its members employed in the security cluster.
Less tension expected in upcoming wage talks in platinum sector
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Financial Mail writes that wage negotiations this year in the platinum sector are quite likely to progress more smoothly than in the recent past, despite some early warning signals.
Public Investment Corporation’s investment policies anger Cosatu
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Bloomberg reports that labour federation Cosatu says it will step up pressure on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages the pension funds of state employees, to invest more aggressively in infrastructure and other projects to alleviate poverty.
Looming layoffs at Times Media could see 65 jobs lost
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The New Age reports that looming retrenchments at the Times Media Group may leave 65 employees without jobs in two months.
Nzimande opens new TVET College in Thabazimbi
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SABC News reports that the youth of Thabazimbi in Limpopo have welcomed the opening of a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in their area.
EFF, Tshwane Metro lock horns on Thursday over contract workers
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ANA reports that two Tshwane deputy city managers participated in a heated meeting with members of the EFF and the #OutsourcingMustFall movement on Thursday after scores of contracted workers blocked off the city’s Isivuno head office, demanding permanent jobs.
Journalists to picket on Friday in support of SABC colleagues
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The Star reports that throngs of media workers were expected to picket outside the SABC offices in Joburg and Cape Town on Friday morning. This will be in solidarity with journalists suspended for standing up against a censorship policy that has been likened to apartheid-era tendencies.
Two busses torched in Durban on Friday ahead of expected drivers’ strike
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TMG Digital reports that two busses were set alight in the suburb of Morningside in Durban on Friday. It is suspected that the incident was linked to a Durban Transport Bus strike expected in the city later in the day.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 30 June 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 30 June 2016
Roundup of labour news on Thursday, 30 June 2016
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In our Thursday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 29 June 2016.
Spending by municipalities on staff surges
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BDLive reports that the employee-related costs of municipalities grew by 43.9% between 2011 and 2015, or from R50bn in 2011 to R73bn in 2015. This was revealed in the Statistics SA financial census of municipalities in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Community organisation wants national minimum wage set at R8‚000
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TimesLive reports that the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (PACSA), which monitors food prices and wage movements, has proposed that the national minimum wage, currently under discussion, be set at R8‚000 a month.
Best companies to work for in SA as ranked by university students
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BusinessTech reports that employer branding company Universum has published a list of most attractive employers in South Africa, as ranked by university students.
Nehawu members employed by Parliament to return to work after strike
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EWN reports that National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) members employed by Parliament are expected to return to work after going on strike on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with their suspended colleagues.
‘Union not accountable if political party interferes in protected strike’
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TimesLive reports that law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has pointed out that, when a political party intervenes in a strike‚ any concerns which the employer has in that regard must be raised with the political party and not with the trade union(s) or employees.
Fully-furnished house for taxi driver of the year winner
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The New Age reports that, speaking at the launch of the SA National Taxi Industry Awards (Santia), Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said they will demonstrate the taxi industry’s commitment to ensure that commuters and employees were treated with dignity and respect.
NUM blocking prosperity of mineworkers, claims Amcu’s Mathunjwa
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ANA reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said on Wednesday that the rival National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was blocking the prosperity of mineworkers.
Nehawu gives Parliament Tuesday deadline to end suspension of members
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BDLive reports that parliamentary staff represented by the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) have given Parliament until Tuesday to reverse the suspension of four of their members, or they would down tools.
Don’t rush to petrol stations as there’s no strike, says SA Petroleum Retailers
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Fin24 reports that the SA Petroleum Retailers Association (Sapra) said on Wednesday afternoon that there was no need for motorists to rush to fill their vehicles up with petrol.
Freelancers’ body calls for reinstatement of suspended SABC journalists
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TMG Digital reports that a body representing freelance journalists on Wednesday added its “voice to protests against the suspension of three senior South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists”.
Amcu to sue Northam Platinum, NUM and SAPS over murder of member
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ANA reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) will be suing Northam Platinum for the murder of a member, union president Joseph Mathunjwa said on Wednesday.