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 Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 28 July 2016.
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Ceppwawu warns that petrol could run dry at pumps in three days The Citizen reports that at least 20,000 petroleum sector workers went on strike on Thursday, Clement Chitja, spokesperson for the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu), claimed. Sapia assures motorists fuel pumps won't run dry due to strike EWN reports that the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) has assured motorists that fuel pumps won’t run dry due to a strike among workers in the petroleum producing sector. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Gas leak puts 20 Elandsfontein workers in hospital Caxton News Service reports that approximately 20 workers were transported to hospital after an industrial accident at a business in Elandsfontein in Johannesburg on Thursday morning. We can’t fight railway station crime alone, says Prasa after Untu rebuke News24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency SA (Prasa) says it cannot fight increasing violent crime at train stations on its own. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Pay cuts needed in mining, says Sibanye’s Froneman Business Report writes that the message from Sibanye Gold boss Neal Froneman to investors on Thursday was that the difficult market conditions in the mining industry would require “bitter medicine”, including cutting salaries. Sibanye lost R135m in a year due to safety stops at Kroondal platinum mine Reuters reports that Sibanye Gold lost R135 million in revenue in the 12 months to June at its Kroondal platinum mine due to government safety stops, the company indicated on Thursday. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Saldru study cautiously links 2013 minimum wage increase to farm job losses GroundUp reports that new research by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Saldru) at UCT suggests that the 2013 increase in the minimum wage for farm workers caused a drop in employment. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Necsa, unions reach wage agreement Engineering News reports on a wage agreement reached between the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and labour unions, following months of negotiation.
Huge loss of jobs in first half of year sets off alarm bells BDLive writes that SA has lost almost 500,000 jobs in the first six months of 2016, raising the alarm about the blood bath that could follow should the country slide into recession.
South African employers recruit overseas amid ‘immense’ ICT skills crisis BusinessTech reports that new survey data shows that South Africa faces a growing Information and communications technology (ICT) skills crisis of immense proportions. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Taxi drivers get a pay rise under new minimum wage determination Business Report writes that the Labour Department has stipulated new minimum wage levels for the taxi industry, which will see salaries increasing by an average of 6% as of 1 August 2016.
ArcelorMittal, IDC may revive Highveld Steel mill Bloomberg reports that ArcelorMittal SA (AMSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) are considering options that may lead to the reopening of Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium heavy-section steel mill after it was shuttered when the business was wound down.
Vuyo Mvoko can get his SABC job back 'if he retracts' Cape Times reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko was told he could have his position back if he retracted everything he had written and said about the public broadcaster. Fund set up for SABC8 to assist axed ANN7 journalists ANA reports that a fund set up to assist axed SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists has been extended to help other news reporters, including the nine who were recently dismissed by Gupta-owned television news channel ANN7.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Thursday, 28 July 2016 at SA Labour News
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