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.
Cape Times reports that train drivers in the Western Cape downed tools on Monday after one of their colleagues was gunned down at Netreg train station.
Reuters reports that, with Sibanye Gold having initiated talks with unions about cutting jobs at its loss-making Cooke 4 Operations, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has vowed to fight any reductions.
TMG Digital reports that Johannesburg Metrobus drivers have vowed to intensify their unprotected strike if the decision to outsource bus inspectors is not reversed.
BDLive reports that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has ordered the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to withdraw its decision to ban footage of violent protests where public property is being destroyed.
In our Monday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 8 July 2016.
EWN reported on Monday afternoon that Johannesburg’s Metrobus management was meeting with union leaders to try and resolve issues around a strike by some of its bus drivers.
Netwerk24 reports that the bodies of more than 50 illegal miners have been brought to surface over the past four months at mine shafts around Welkom.
Reuters reports that the world’s top three platinum producers face tough wage talks this week with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) demanding pay rises of more than 50% , while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is seeking 20%.
TMG Digital reports that eight SABC journalists who are facing disciplinary action for speaking up against the public broadcaster’s controversial chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng have been awarded the Nat Nakasa award for their courage.
News24 reports that the decomposing bodies of nine illegal miners were found underground in the Bambanani West mine shaft in Welkom, bringing the number of bodies recovered to 12.
TMG Digital reports that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says Eskom’s executives shouldn’t be paid bonuses for keeping the lights on – it’s their job do so‚ for which they’re already getting big salaries.
TMG Digital reports that Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has been shut down by the South African Students’ Congress (Sasco)‚ which embarked on a mass protest on Monday morning.
BDLive reports that Sibanye Gold announced on Monday that it has started a process that may lead to retrenching staff and closing its unprofitable Cooke 4 underground mine and Ezulwini Gold and Uranium processing plant (the Cooke 4 Operation).
EWN reports that an Uber driver is recovering in hospital after he was attacked, allegedly by a group of clients at the weekend in Cape Town.
News24 reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Sunday refused to confirm the veracity of a report by union Solidarity that the disciplinary hearings of suspended news journalists had been suspended.
EWN reports that Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) confirmed that six of its paramedics were robbed at gunpoint while attending to a stabbing in Jeppestown on Sunday.
TimesLive writes that conflict over bad management in Parliament has seen a mass exodus of senior staff, who have resigned due to their deteriorating relationship with the head of the institution, Gengezi Mgidlana.
Netwerk24 reports that the Free State Department of Education received a tongue lashing from an Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) commissioner, who ordered the reinstatement of Fanie Roeloffze, the dismissed principal of Laerskool Wilgehof in Bloemfontein.
The Star reports that employees affiliated to the United National Transport Union (Untu) could embark on a strike from Tuesday if their employer, Bombela, fails to heed their pay demands. Bombela operates the Gautrain service.
Business Report writes that labour federation Cosatu has announced plans to march to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) this week over the plight of workers at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga.
ANA reports that trade union Solidarity is to go to court to revoke the suspensions of three senior SABC journalists and to test the constitutionality of SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s censorship instruction.
BDLive reports that the IMF has warned that the "bloated government wage bill" will have to be slashed, failing which SA will be forced to institute across-the-board budget cuts that would damage growth and hurt the poor.
eNCA reports that Johannesburg Metrobus drivers will be continuing strike action on Monday, with the bus company indicating that all routes have been shut down.
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 8 July 2016
The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday released a report on a study conducted on the assessment of the management of service terminations and pension pay-outs in the Public Service.
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 7 July 2016
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 6 July 2016.
News24 reports that the amounts that some of South Africa's millionaire municipal managers earned in the 2014/15 financial year have been revealed in a parliamentary reply.
Mining Weekly reports that, as part of its Social and Labour Plan, precious metals mining company Sibanye Gold has handed over a state-of-the-art, multipurpose hall to the Free State Department of Education.