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Cosatu is to join the ANC Women's League's march on Friday against attacks on women wearing miniskirts. The federation said: "The recent attacks... at taxi ranks have cast the spotlight on a deep-seated problem of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and ...
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Guards contracted to provide security for the Gautrain have been protesting outside the Sandton station today because of a salary dispute. The Transport and Omnibus Workers Union (Towu) said its members were promised R8,000, but instead received R2,500 p...
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While Absa says it is “redeploying” some 1,600 staff members in its group IT division, former employees accuse the bank of hiding the fact that the reshuffle is actually a mass retrenchment exercise. Absa explained that the process “does not amount ...
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Following a tour of rural hospitals, Eastern Cape Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana has described the management of his own department in Bhisho as lazy, out of touch, obsessed with planning and unable to make even the smallest changes that would improve the deli...
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Members of Parliament have compared police living quarters to slums. On Tuesday, Parliament's portfolio committee on police was told many officers have just one toilet for hundreds of people, while renovations have left many others out in the cold. Polic...
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An ANC councillor from Thulamela in Limpopo continues to draw two salaries despite being ordered to resign from his other job in a provincial hospital. Simon Mayikane has not resigned his job at Malamulele Hospital in contravention of an ANC directive tha...
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The government’s public employment programmes are growing at such a rate that by 2014 there will be the equivalent of about 1.4m people in public works jobs at any one time. This article analyses what the employment under the public employment schemes ...
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The chairwoman of Parliament’s police oversight committee has called for doctors who help police officers abuse sick leave to be investigated after shocking levels of absenteeism came to light. Abuse of sick leave has been identified as the number one r...
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Recruitment for administrative posts has been put on hold, the Gauteng department of health and social development said on Tuesday. This measure was part of the department's efforts to achieve financial stability. All critical posts, including those for d...
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The Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, will be visiting farms in Free State this weekend to find out if the working conditions of farm workers are satisfactory and they are being paid minimum wages. This is part of the department’s legislative enforc...
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A soldier at the Tempe Military Base in Bloemfontein was killed during a training exercise yesterday afternoon. The soldier deployed his parachute after he jumped out of an air force plane, but collided with another parachuting soldier during his descent....
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More than 15 million recipients of social grants will have to register afresh for the benefits as the government works to root out fraud and corruption in the system. Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said yesterday the re-registration of bene...
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Preliminary Unemployment Fund Insurance figures indicate that the rate of retrenchments has slowed, says Adcorp labour economist Loane Sharp. The UIF paid out R4.7bn to 590,000 beneficiaries in the first nine months of the current financial year. Be...
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Auditing firm KPMG has laid out its 2012 Budget Speech wish list for job creation. These include more concrete ideas on how to put the proposed job subsidy into place without compromising existing jobs; more tax benefits such as enhanced allowances for o...
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Human error led to the death of a Johannesburg Zoo employee who was attacked by a lion at the Rietkuil conservation farm in Parys, officials have said. Monday's attack at the Free State farm apparently occurred after gates at the lion's den were left open...
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As many as 65,000 new jobs could be created as part of a massive overhaul of SA’s rail network. The Passenger Rail Authority of SA (Prasa) today revealed plans to spend around R135bn over the next 20 years on revamping rolling stock and infrastructure.
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The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry says Cosatu’s threat to strike next month over labour legislation changes that have been supported by both business and the government raises questions about the organisation’s rationale. The strike threat co...
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A Johannesburg Zoo employee has died after being attacked by a lion at the zoo's lion farm, Rietkuil, in the Free State's Vredefort area. Joe Ramonetha, 63, who had worked for the zoo for nearly 40 years, was taken to a Parys hospital where he died on Mon...
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Neville Nicolau, CE of Anglo American Platinum, reported yesterday that a spike in government-enforced safety stoppages, which accelerated last year, has slowed since the start of 2012, but has not abated. The company had 81 stoppages in 2011, over double...
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Anglo American Platinum CEO Neville Nicolau yesterday painted a grim picture for the platinum business over the next year. About employment, he said: “The ongoing reduction of redundant labour – preferably through mechanisms that avoid retrenchment ...
