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Sowetan reports that the National Health, Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) yesterday suspended its strike, which commenced on Monday, at National Health Laboratory Services. The union was demanding a 9% pay rise and a monthly medical aid subsid...
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A report on the multibillion-rand class action against South African gold mining companies being brought by human rights lawyer Richard Spoor on behalf of ex-miners who have developed silicosis or tuberculosis as a result of their work on the mines. Spoor...
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Eight employees at Lonmin’s the Lonmin smelter division in Marikana have been suspended after refusing a company demand to declare their assets. A letter on 16 September gave 29 employees suspected of platinum theft five days to "make a full and ...
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Three Gauteng housing department officials have received around R760,000 in pay while on suspension, the Democratic Alliance reports. The DA’s Janet Semple says one employee, suspended for 21 months pending investigations into fraud, has received almost...
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Cosatu KZN provincial secretary Zet Luzipho yesterday claimed he was receiving death threats from certain ANC leaders, whom he did not identify, for speaking out against the brutal killing of party leaders, particularly eThekwini regional secretary Sbu Si...
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Business Day editorialises that Cosatu’s initial response to the judicial ruling that organisers of public demonstrations can be held liable for damage caused by protestors was considered and encouraging, with the federation also reaffirming its commitm...
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Given current economic trends, SA will not make any meaningful dent in its jobless rate until well into 2013, according to Absa Capital economist Gina Schoeman. She says there is no magic solution for job growth and SA needs to work towards investment bec...
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Murray & Roberts more than doubled former CE Brian Bruce’s pay for the year to June, notwithstanding that the company posted a loss of R1.74bn. He earned R10.2m, including a base salary of R4.85m and a R4.85m guaranteed contract payment. He was paid...
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The Auditor-General says that the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator was guilty of fruitless and wasteful expenditure of R3.7m in the past two financial years, although the overall financial health of the office is good. In addition, irregular spendi...
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At least 46 foreign workers without legal work permits have been arrested in a surprise swoop by the Department of Labour at what it called “12 of the worst clothing factories” in Newcastle. The raid is one of the initiatives the department has encour...
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The Daily Maverick is surprised that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has put itself forward as a champion for domestic worker rights by announcing plans to put forward a private member’s bill to extend the Compensation Fund to cover domestic workers. The S...
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The Department of Labour has expressed dismay at reports yesterday of a domestic worker Ellen Molehane’s claim that she was physically and verbally abused by her employer, who is the wife of a correctional services officer. The case had been referred to...
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A commission of inquiry, paid for by the SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu), is investigating the whereabouts of some R100m in textile workers’ pension money advanced in unsecured loans to a company called Canyon Springs by Trilinear Empo...
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The Freedom Front Plus laid charges against Transnet on Thursday for allegedly violating a parliamentary instruction to pay pensioners' increases. Parliament had instructed that the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Pension Fund and the Transnet Pension Fu...
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The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has come out in support of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's call for the ministerial handbook to be reviewed to curb reckless spending. Madonsela recommended the handbook be amended to set standards rela...
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During his visit to the Eastern Cape this week, Zuma held talks with automotive industry leaders to ask them to buy into the government's plan to produce 1.2m vehicles a year locally by 2020. The plan, which is part of the government's automotive producti...
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Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) general secretary Dennis George says "We must ensure that our collective bargaining processes are modernised and that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) plays a more pro-active role". He w...
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The number of applications to the High Court for review of determinations issued by the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator has dropped. Acting Adjudicator Dr Elmarie de la Rey says this is reflective of renewed faith in the investigation and determi...
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Solidarity maintains that DRDGold is in violation of labour law by refusing to consult with it over the possible retrenchment of 500 workers at the company’s Blyvooruitzicht mine. The union is not recognised there for collective bargaining purposes, but...
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The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has welcomed a judgment by the Labour Appeal Court that five dreadlocked prison warders were unfairly dismissed and says the ruling would help build sound labour relations in the Correctional Services Department. ...
