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.
Minor victory for Hlaudi Motsoeneng against SABC in case over legal costs
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City Press reports that former SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng has won a court challenge against the public broadcaster.
Tshwane city manager to go to jail if he doesn’t reinstate suspended official by the end of the week
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The Citizen reports that Nontobeko Memela, the City of Tshwane’s group head of human settlements, has been on suspension with full pay for a year for alleged financial misconduct, despite a June ruling that the City must reinstate her.
Overview of the high cost at work of mental illness
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Financial Mail writes that an economy in crisis, retrenchments, job insecurity, high unemployment and escalating crime are combining to cause depression and stress among many South Africans of working age.
Buyers eye ArcelorMittal’s Saldanha steel plant as job cuts loom
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Fin24 reports that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) announced on Sunday that two parties had come forward with an interest to buy ArcelorMittal SA’s (Amsa’s) Saldanha operations.
Despite financial woes, SAA manages to pay November salaries in full
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Fin24 reports that in the midst of facing a "sudden deterioration" in its finances following strike action, South African Airways (SAA) has paid its employees their November salaries.
Probe finds former female teacher at Bishops Diocesan College engaged in 'sexual misconduct' with five pupils
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News24 reports that a female teacher at Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town has been found to have engaged in sexual misconduct with at least five pupils, but no disciplinary action can be taken against her by the school for these breaches she was no longer an employee.
Latest draft mining regulations add an additional employment burden on industry, says Richard Spoor
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BL Premium reports that according prominent human rights lawyer Richard Spoor, SA’s latest draft mining regulations, which impose fresh socioeconomic and labour requirements on the industry, may add an extra layer of burden for struggling companies that have been shedding jobs.
Former prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams says president faces court battle for reversing NPA appointments
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BL Premium reports that former prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams says the justice officials whose appointments to senior posts were reversed by President Cyril Ramaphosa were “victims of collateral damage” in the takeover from Jacob Zuma.
Cosatu calls for higher taxes to get SA out of its hole over public finances
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BusinessLive reports that trade union federation Cosatu has called for tax increases, some targeting the wealthy, which it says will go a long way towards fixing SA’s perilous public finances.
Roundup on Monday, 2 December 2019 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend news, see
summaries of our selection of South African
labour-related stories that appeared since
Friday, 29 November 2019.
Bidvest wants Comair’s remuneration policy thoroughly looked at with a view to modernising it
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Business Report writes that according to Bidvest chief executive Lindsay Ralphs, Comair’s remuneration policy needs to be thoroughly re-looked at. The diversified group voted against the aviation company's remuneration policy last month.
Former Cope employees to fight dismissals at CCMA
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The Citizen reports that after allegedly being unable to cope with financial difficulties and having to close down its Kempton Park headquarters and retrench staff last month, the Congress of the People (Cope) might be in more trouble.
Prasa offers R100,000 reward for information on Cape Town train arsonists
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News24 reports that a R100,000 reward has been offered by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for information that will lead to the conviction of four people believed to be behind an arson attack on two trains at Cape Town station last week.
Police top brass want Public Protector to investigate 'cover-up' of 2010 rape case involving clerk and top cop
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The Sunday Independent reports that police top brass have asked Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence (OIGI) to investigate the possible cover-up of a rape case involving a senior police official.
SAA ‘will undergo a radical restructuring process’, with job cuts expected to be even deeper
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BusinessLive reports that according to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), South African Airways (SAA), the future of which hangs in the balance after a crippling strike, is determined to remain open for business.
Durban school principal accused of raping four teachers
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News24 reports that a 54-year-old KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) school principal has been accused of rape by four teachers.
Underspending by state departments on key programmes, including jobs fund, raises MPs’ hackles
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BusinessLive reports that unspent funds by government departments in the first six months of the financial year totalled R3.9bn, the Treasury reported to parliament's two appropriations committees on Thursday.
Barclays set to join rivals in cutting CEO's pension perks, but stops short of full alignment with other staff
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Reuters reports that Barclays is planning to cut the £396,000 pension allowance it pays CEO Jes Staley by about half, echoing moves by rivals who have pledged to rein in executive pension perks following a campaign by investors.
Drunk motorist who killed two Joburg metro cops at roadblock by crashing into them to be sentenced next year
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TimesLIVE reports that the sentencing of Albert Gerhardes Pretorius, the man who ploughed into two Johannesburg metro police (JMPD) officers at a roadblock in January last year will be sentenced on 20 January next year.
Never again, says NPA's Shamila Batohi after advocate's death in court in 'freak gun accident'
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TimesLIVE reports that a memorial service for slain senior state advocate Addelaid Ann Ferreira Watt was held in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall on Thursday.
Strides made in mine safety, says DMRE official, but more should be done
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Mining Weekly reports that speakers on Thursday at the Anglo American Tripartite Health and Safety Initiative said that although strides had been made in reducing mine fatalities, occupational diseases and industry disasters, there was still work to be done in the mining industry’s quest for zero harm.
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 28 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, 28 November 2019.
Three KZN workers rescued from underground diesel tank after being overcome by gas
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News24Wire reports that three workers were rescued from an underground collection tank, believed to contain diesel and oil, near Wilton Crescent, Umhlanga Ridge, Durban on Thursday morning.
South Africa must prepare for a post-Amsa dispensation, says Neasa’s Gerhard Papenfus
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Engineering News reports that according to National Employer Association of SA (Neasa) CE Gerhard Papenfus, the downstream steel industry cannot be the “saving grace” of struggling steel producer ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa).
Woolworths defends CEO Ian Moir’s pay at AGM
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BL Premium reports that the chair of Woolworths’ remuneration committee has defended the remuneration paid to the retailer’s CEO.
Nkomazi municipal workers refuse to give back ‘early Christmas’ paid in error
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SowetanLIVE reports that Nkomazi municipal employees in Malalane, Mpumalanga, thought Christmas had arrived early when their employer "blessed" them with salaries 10 days before the October payday.
Anglo American’s Cutifani says group happy to open up broad skills base to help embattled Eskom
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Miningmx reports that Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani said on Wednesday that the mining group was open to approaches by government on any assistance it might be able to give power utility Eskom.
‘Leap’ will see 500 new cops to hit Cape Flats in February in R1.75bn war on gangs
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TimesLIVE reports that more than 1,300 extra officers will be part of a R1.75bn escalation of the war against violent crime in Cape Town’s gang hotspots.
Top management in private sector still 'lily-white' and male, laments labour minister
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Fin24 reports that employment equity trends for the period between 2016 and 2018 show that top management positions in the private sector were dominated by white males.
Strike caused 'sudden deterioration' in SAA’s finances, airline can’t continue “as is”
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Fin24 reports that in a statement issued on Wednesday, the Department of Public Enterprises said the recent strike at South African Airways (SAA) and the cancellation of bookings that followed resulted in a sudden deterioration of SAA’s financial position.