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Cosatu will lead several national protests against the Gauteng road tolling system, culminating in what it says will be the "mother of all protest actions" on 30 April. The main protest could see up to two million members, as well as ordinary motorists, g...
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Former gold miner Daniel Thakamakau, 66, who was diagnosed with silicosis in 1996, five years after he was retrenched from Anglo American’s Geduld mine, attended the company’s AGM in London this week. There, he asked the board for medical support and ...
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No economist in SA has rattled more cages or evoked such fury as Adcorp’s Loane Sharp, says journalist Chris Barron. Sharp says the SA union movement is experiencing a steady loss of members and, as it fights for survival, strikes and work stoppages wil...
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The bodies of two illegal miners, seemingly killed in underground fighting, were found at the Tshepong mine at Odendaalsrus on Saturday. One of the victims had a gun shot wound, while the other had a fatal wound to the head. Earlier, police arrested 44 il...
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Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has revealed that he earns R500,000 per year, Beeld newspaper reported today. He did so after he came under fire on Twitter over his salary. He also revealed that he was often accompanied by armed guards when going...
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When Higher and Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande delivers his parliamentary budget vote next week, he will stress skills, skills and more skills. In a media briefing by his department on what to expect, seven bullet points broke down as four...
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Cosatu has urged government to establish a state construction and cement company, and a state steel company, to ensure affordable inputs into its ambitious infrastructure programme. The federation’s secretary general, Zwelinzima Vavi, said the programme...
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A Sannieshof farmer, NM Grobler, surprised a team of labour inspectors on Friday when he stopped them and asked for his farm to be inspected. They found that there were a few things that needed attention on the farm and Grobler asked them to return within...
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Cosatu will keep a close eye on the upcoming legal dispute over e-tolling, the union federation said yesterday. "Cosatu will not intervene at this stage of the proceedings, but we have requested that our lawyers maintain a watching brief," spokesman Patr...
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In an open letter to President Zuma, the Federation of Unions of SA says it has referred the issue of tolling prices, and how they are calculated, to the Competition Commission. The federation is also seeking an urgent meeting with the president to discu...
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The National Prosecuting Authority in KwaZulu-Natal says it will gladly meet with Cosatu in the province over the federation’s unhappiness that charges have yet to be brought against the management of Assmang’s Cato Ridge plant, where six workers died...
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The SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union reports that there was a significant decrease in the number of jobs lost in the clothing, textile and leather sectors in 2011. Employment losses had decreased by 1.4%, which was significant, considering the massi...
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The Cape Chamber of Commerce said yesterday it was "gravely" concerned about the standard of education in SA schools and the fate of the young people who had been let down by "a system which had become dysfunctional in some provinces". President Michael B...
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The South African Council for Educators (Sace) raised concerns with MPs yesterday about students who try to sign up with the organisation using fake or fraudulent qualifications. There was a particular problem with students from Walter Sisulu University a...
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The Inkatha Freedom Party said yesterday that the fact that the Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) holds R15.7bn in Sanral debentures could lead to a disaster. If the e-tolling system fails, then the government will not only have to financially rescu...
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The SA workplace, already one of the most litigious in the world, is about to become more so as the new set of labour-broker rules, pregnant with unintended consequences, emerge from Nedlac and head for Parliament. Labour law experts and practitioners ag...
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A KwaZulu-Natal Deloitte team tasked with raising funds for provincial-based job creation projects says there is more than enough funding from the government and private companies to create sustainable jobs. However, regional leader Guy Brazier adds: “T...
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Columnist Terry Bell reports on a labour view that the employment index produced monthly by Adcorp is “pure propaganda” based on “bogus statistics” in an ideologically motivated attack against the labour movement. He says that because the index is...
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The R124bn fleet renewal programme of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) is expected to create 65,000 jobs, as well as act as a catalyst to revive the local rail engineering industry. At the launch of the procurement process yesterday, it was said th...
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First National Bank has dropped its liquidation application for EH Walton, allowing the Port Elizabeth packaging company to resume its business rescue proceedings, which came to a halt earlier this week when the bank made a technical objection based on wo...
