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.
Amcu demands that Glencore improve mineworkers’ wages, benefits
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Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) on Friday delivered a memorandum of demands to diversified miner Glencore, outlining its members’ demands and grievances.
Independent Newspapers settles dismissal case brought by former Cape Times editor
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News24 reports that Independent Newspapers has come to a settlement agreement with former Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois, who was sacked in 2013.
Solidarity urges labour minister to intervene at metals bargaining council
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Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity has called on Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant to urgently intervene in the matters of the ailing Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC).
EFF behind illegal occupation of Marikana houses, says North West Premier
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The New Age reports that North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo came out guns blazing and lambasted the EFF in the province for instigating the illegal occupation of RDP houses in Marikana.
SAPS probes mysterious deaths of two Eskom contract workers
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ANA reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) is investigating the deaths of two Eskom workers who died in mysterious circumstances last week.
Comparing pay packages of executives not straightforward
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BDLive writes that executive remuneration has come under scrutiny in recent years, but it is hard to compare the pay packages of executives in different companies just by adding up the "total remuneration" column in annual reports.
Former Cape Times editor's dismissal case in Labour Court on Monday
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News24 reports that former Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois' sacking in 2013 is expected to come under the spotlight in the Labour Court in Cape Town on Monday.
Post Office workers back at their posts after two-day strike
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Netwerk24 reports that the two-day strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at the SA Post Office (Sapo) has ended.
Rise in unemployment rate in first quarter of 2016 expected
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BDLive reports that data from Statistics SA (Stats SA) on Monday are expected to show that SA’s stubbornly high unemployment challenges continued in the first quarter of 2016.
Metrorail says train delays in Cape Town will still last for months
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Netwerk24 writes that, although delays will get shorter, Cape Town commuters can ready themselves for persistent and frustrating train delays for at least the next six months.
Sadtu fights report on jobs-for-cash at schools
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City Press reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is threatening to haul the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to court over its report into the union’s jobs-for-cash scam at schools.
KZN paramedic killed in crash while transporting mother and baby
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TimesLive reports that a paramedic was killed on Saturday night in a collision with a sedan car while transporting a mother and her baby to hospital in Durban.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted from 6 May to 8 May 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 6 May to Sunday, 8 May 2016
Basic education minister delays schools ‘jobs for cash’ report again
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BDLive reports that the release of the highly anticipated report on "jobs for cash" in schools has been postponed again.
Some North West municipalities don’t comply with health, safety regulations
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SABC News writes that some North West local municipalities do not comply with Health & Safety Regulations, often with devastating consequences for some of their employees.
Judge to rule soon whether Transnet class action pension fund case can proceed
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Netwerk24 reports that the judge in the case in which thousands of former employees of Transnet have taken the logistics company and its pension funds to court over their meagre pensions could rule in the next two weeks.
‘Optimistic scenario’ for return of damaged Cape Town rail carriages is 6 to 12 months
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Cape Times reports that nearly 500 Cape Town trains were cancelled this week, and the Metrorail service will continue to be delayed for as long as it takes to repair damaged carriages.
NUM demands resumption of Lily Mine rescue mission
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ANA reports that National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday called for an immediate resumption of the rescue mission to recover three workers that were still trapped underground at Lily Gold Mine in Mpumalanga.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 5 May 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, 5 May 2016
Only 1% of workers on strike, says SA Post Office
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ANA reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) said on Thursday that less than 1% of staff stayed away from work on the first day of a strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
Working on Fire member drowns in freak Sabie River accident
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News24 reports that a young Working on Fire member, Andile Prince Nkosi, drowned in the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, a spokesperson for the organisation said on Thursday.
‘Massive’ Lily Mine protest on Thursday over unpaid salaries
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News24 reports that failure to pay workers at Mpumalanga's collapsed Lily Mine resulted in a massive protest involving local residents and more than 700 disgruntled miners on Thursday morning.
Buffalo City Metro mayor forced to flee workers’ memorial service
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DispatchLive reports that Buffalo City Metro mayor Alfred Mtsi, his deputy and the acting municipal manager on Tuesday had to flee a memorial service for five city employees killed in an accident last week.
Post Office staff down tools, strike gets underway
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EWN reports that as SA Post Office (Sapo) employees affiliated to the Communication Workers Union (CWU) start their strike around the country on Thursday, Gauteng staff are preparing to picket outside offices.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 4 May 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Aggrieved "Sun City" prison warders embark on strike
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TMG Digital reports that on Tuesday prison warders at the Johannesburg prison colloquially known as "Sun City" embarked on a strike, demanding that Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha should intervene to hear their grievances.
North West promises that temporary teachers will be paid on Thursday
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News24 reports that temporary teachers in North West who did not get their April salaries will be paid on Thursday, the provincial education department has promised.
Three construction workers seriously injured by falling glass at Menlyn Park Mall
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News24 reports that three construction workers were seriously injured by falling glass at the Menlyn Park Mall in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Cape Town Metrorail misery to continue
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Cape Argus reports that there was commuter chaos in Cape Town on Tuesday after at least 35 trains were cancelled as a result of recent arson attacks on rail infrastructure.
Lily Mine workers get paid R650 each for April
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News24 reports that mineworkers who expected to receive full salaries from Lily Mine at the end of April will now have to rely on food parcels after the company only paid them R650 each.