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EWN reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) on Saturday said it would now be encouraging all of its members to join the bus strike on Monday. The union indicated that at the CCMA on Wednesday “in a desperate attempt to hike th...
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The University of the Witwatersrand has placed four staff members on special leave following allegations of sexual harassment made against them. "The investigations into this matter are underway and are being managed by an external law firm, Bowman Gilfil...
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Saturday Star reports that the University of the Witwatersrand is in talks with the management at its linked state academic hospitals to find solutions to the grievances that doctors have raised about overtime and private work. There were reports this wee...
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Ann Crotty reported on Friday that business, labour and the government are working to create a user-friendly wage database that can be used to ensure more informed discussion on critical labour market matters such as collective bargaining, wage policy and...
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The Cape Times, which has a copy of the Department of Correctional Services’ employment equity plan, says it boils down to a requirement that Africans should be represented nine times more than coloured people. The plan is at the centre of a landmark af...
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SABC News reports that police reservists have delivered a memorandum of concern to the Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison in Mpumalanga, complaining about the employment processes in the SA Police Service in the province. They say they a...
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Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’) CE Chris Griffith has said that talks about a restructure that could result in as many as 14,000 job cuts were taking place in a “difficult environment.” “This is a very, very tough time for everyone, to try ...
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Our links page provides references to labour news articles we have come across on the web on Friday, 26 April 2013. The list was most recently updated at 19h00.
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The SA Democratic Teachers' Union on Friday criticised the conduct of some of its members during a protest march on Wednesday in Pretoria. Noting concerns regarding the portrayal of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and the public display of a piec...
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Most parties involved in the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 44 people in Marikana last year, support a call for its hearings to be moved from Rustenburg to Pretoria, it heard on Friday. Dal...
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Unions representing striking bus industry workers persisted in their demand for a double-digit wage increase, holding up negotiations to end the strike, an employers' association said on Friday. Talks between the unions and employers at the CCMA on Wednes...
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SABC News reports that striking bus drivers belonging to United Transport and Allied Trade Union (Utatu), have accepted a 9% wage increase and will go back to work on Friday. Utatu spokesperson, Pieter Greyling said: “We've reached an amicable settlemen...
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All MyCiTi bus services were suspended from 09:00 on Friday morning due to threats of possible violence against the service as a result of the ongoing national bus drivers’ strike action, the City of Cape Town announced. Routes in the Table View area we...
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Business Day reports that Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said in the National Assembly on Thursday that her department would continue to fund nongovernmental organisations that supported farm workers in the Western Cap...
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In our Friday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 25 April 2013.
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Mail & Guardian reports that, according to certain unnamed members of the ANC's national executive committee (NEC), Cosatu president S'dumo Dlamini has assured the ANC’s top leadership that he will work to prevent further criticism of the ruling par...
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Business Report writes that Village Main Reef’s management could possibly close its loss-making Buffelsfontein mine after a 31% slump in revenue at the operation in the March quarter, the junior gold producer said yesterday. “Management is actively en...
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The New Age reports that employees are not reaping the benefits of above-inflation salary increases because higher income tax and other payslip deductions negate the increases. The latest BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) released yesterday re...
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Business Day reports that Woolworths has launched an education programme for staff at six Western Cape further education and training (FET) colleges, in collaboration with the Wholesale & Retail Sector Education and Training authority (Seta). “Partn...
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Business Day reports that the government has taken another step towards improving the operations and outcomes from further education and training (FET) colleges with the launch on Thursday of a new professional association that also boasts participation b...
