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.
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Tuesday, 7 June 2016.
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Employees to benefit from Telkom deal with unions BDLive reports that, in what it calls a "groundbreaking agreement" with labour unions, Telkom will set aside R750m for the 2017 financial year so as to give its employees incentives. CWU close to inking Telkom collaborative partnership deal Business Report writes that Telkom’s conclusion of a new two-year collaborative partnership agreement with organised labour does not include the company’s largest union the Communications Workers Union (CWU). Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Claws out for cop killers‚ Hawks boss warns TMG Digital reports that Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) boss Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza has warned that the team investigating the killing of police officers will stop at nothing in its quest to bring the killers to book.
Fatality in fall of ground incident at Amplats’ Thembelani Mine Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) announced on Wednesday that an employee had been fatally injured in a fall of ground incident at Khuseleka Shaft, Thembelani Mine, on Friday 3 June 2016. Northam asks Zondereinde mine employees to return to work Mining Weekly reports that Northam Platinum on Tuesday called on employees at its Zondereinde mine to return to work now that calm has been restored. Northam mineworkers say they won’t return to work until safety is assured Reuters reports that, after a spate of murders, workers at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde mine said on Tuesday they would not return to work until management and police provided them with safety guarantees. NUM to decide at Wednesday mass meeting about returning to work at Northam Fin24 reports that members of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will decide on Wednesday if they will return to work at Northam Platinum's Zondereinde mine. Lily Mine accident investigation drags on SABC News reports that Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, says the investigation into what led to a massive collapse at a mine shaft and the disappearance of a container with three Lily Mine workers inside, is still underway. No green light for Lily operations until buried container retrieved The Citizen reports that Lily Mine would be able to resume operations in about eight to 10 months when full funding has been obtained, but permission will not be granted until a container in which three employees has been trapped for months is retrieved. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Nehawu halts strike at Free State University for further discussions Netwerk24 reports that Nehawu members at the University of Free State’s (UFS’s) Bloemfontein and Qwaqwa campuses on Tuesday halted their strike so that new proposals can be discussed between the university and the union. Fawu members in grain industry set to down tools on Friday Business Report writes that the Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu), which represents some 85 000 workers across various food sectors, is set to go out on strike in the grain industry.
AB InBev improves terms of employee-share scheme in effort to satisfy Fawu Bloomberg reports that Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has proposed enhancing an employee-share programme after the Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Fawu) threatened to protest regulatory consent of its takeover of fellow brewer SABMiller. AB InBev defends cash proposal in respect of BEE scheme as objections mount Business Report writes that brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) on Tuesday moved to defend its proposal of a cash payment to participants in the SAB’s Zenzele black economic empowerment scheme.
Satawu claims Teti Traffic to fire 105 workers over strike in May Business Report writes that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) says 105 of its members employed by Teti Traffic Services will be without jobs as of Thursday.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Tuesday, 7 June 2016 at SA Labour News
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