Today's Labour News
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.
Cyril Ramaphosa names Nedlac national minimum wage panel
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TMG Digital reports that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a seven-person panel to advise on the appropriate level at which a proposed national minimum wage should be set.
Backlog at Compensation Fund for Mines and Works worries mines
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BDLive reports that the mining industry is concerned about the state of the Compensation Fund for Mines and Works, which is run by the Department of Health.
Cape Town EMS personnel to protest on Monday over attacks
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EWN reports that emergency services workers were due to stage a demonstration in Cape Town on Monday. Paramedics are calling for increased security while they’re on duty in the wake of a spate of attacks on staff in Cape Town over the past few months.
Employee performance reviews going out of favour, with even SAP ditching them
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Reuters reports that Germany's SAP, the maker of software used to grade the performance of millions of employees worldwide, is ditching its own annual performance reviews as too expensive, time-consuming and often demotivating.
Icasa strike finally comes to an end
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Fin24 reports that a six-week strike at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), which oversees SA’s communications and telecommunications sectors, has ended. The regulator said on Monday that an agreement had been reached with workers.
Lonmin fails miners on housing targets
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BDLive reports that an Amnesty International Report has shown that platinum producer Lonmin has failed to meet housing targets set out in the company’s social and labour plan (S&LP).
NUM strike at Eskom strike ends, but Numsa wants better deal
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The New Age reports that, while a wage accord has ended a drawn-out battle between Eskom and two of its recognised unions, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) continues to dig its heel in for a better deal.
Ceppwawu defends poor petrol strike turnout
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Business Report writes that members of the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) found themselves in a quandary and were forced to shelve serious internal issues to join a strike in the petroleum and pharmaceutical sectors three weeks ago.
Fawu's fight in AB InBev's takeover of SABMiller pays off for workers
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BDLive reports that workers at SA Breweries (SAB) who own shares through the Zenzele scheme are to get an average advance payment of about R32,000 when the deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) goes through.
CWU strike could affect operations at Telkom
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SABC News writes that as Communication Workers Union (CWU) members embark on industrial action, Telkom operations could be under pressure. CWU negotiator, Toto Ntetho, said there would be a total shutdown.
Death of Numsa negotiator delays wage talks
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Business Report writes that the sudden and unexpected death of National Union of Metalworker of SA (Numsa) chief negotiator Stephen Nhlapho could disrupt and delay negotiations taking place with several key sectors of the economy.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 13 & 14 August 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 13 August and Sunday, 14 August 2016
BASF seeks to interdict Numsa strike action at Struandale plant
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HeraldLive reported on Friday that specialist manufacturer BASF was seeking a court interdict to stop strike action at its Struandale plant in Port Elizabeth. This after members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) downed tools on Wednesday.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 12 August 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 12 August 2016
Talks to end petroleum sector strike adjourned until Monday
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SABC News reports that talks to end the ongoing wage strike in the petroleum sector have been adjourned until next week.
Roundup of labour news on Friday, 12 August 2016
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In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 11 August 2016.
CWU members on strike at Telkom since Thursday
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ITWeb reports that members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at Telkom are on strike, as the union fights for salary increases for its members.
Guard your pension fund, says economist Dawie Roodt
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Engineering News reports that Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt maintains that the promises of politicians are always greater than the South African taxpayer’s capacity to deliver.
Wave of strikes over wages hits several sectors
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BDLive reports that South Africa has been hit by wage-related strikes across several sectors, including energy, telecommunications and petrochemicals.
Vavi won’t comment on why the left fared so badly in municipal elections
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SowetanLive reports that former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Wednesday went to ground, refusing to answer questions about the poor performance of the United Front (UF) in the local government elections.
With Nedlac deadlocked over level of national minimum wage, academics to fight it out
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Financial Mail reports that government is to create a panel of seven academic experts to try and resolve, by October, the impasse over the introduction of a national minimum wage (NMW).
Numsa not yet on board with Eskom wage deal, Solidarity happy
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Fin24 reports that Eskom announced on Friday morning that it had reached a two-year wage agreement with its recognised trade unions, but the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) is still considering the utility’s offer.
Still no end in sight to petrol sector wage strike
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eNCA reports that after a strike of two weeks in the petrochemical sector, employers and union members are meeting at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Friday.
Kuruman traffic blockaded in protest over employment at Black Rock mine
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Netwerk24 reports that on Thursday members of a community forum in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district blockaded the Kathu and Deben T-junction that leads to the Black Rock mine with rocks and tree stumps.
With strike still causing some petrol shortages, conciliation due to begin on Friday
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Netwerk24 reports that the petroleum sector strike is still ongoing and, while the SA Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) says there is sufficient supply to meet demand, some filling stations are experiencing delays with deliveries.
Six grass cutters die in fire at Gauteng’s Suikerbosrand nature reserve
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ANA reports that six people died from burn wounds after fire broke out at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve near Heidelberg, the Gauteng provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Thursday.
Ten KZN police officers charged with corruption relating to dagga smuggling
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The Citizen reports that ten police officers appeared at the Bergville and Ladysmith Magistrates’ Court on Thursday on corruption charges and were released on bail of R1,000 each. The officers’ case was remanded to 15 August.
Row over ban on Muslim student chefs having beards hits top Durban hotel
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The Mercury reports that members of Durban’s Muslim community have slammed the Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani hotel management for refusing to allow two Muslim student chefs to continue their internships if they did not remove their beards.
Eskom strike averted after marathon wage talks brokered by CCMA
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Fin24 reports that the deadlock in the Eskom wage negotiations has been broken following a 14-hour marathon wage negotiation process brokered by the CCMA that lasted until the early hours of Friday morning.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 11 August 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 11 August 2016