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.
Cosatu says government can take pension fund contribution holiday to avoid VAT hike
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IOL News reports that the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) has weighed in on the contentious issue of a proposed value-added tax (VAT) hike by suggesting that Treasury should start discussions with the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) over a pension fund contribution holiday.
Numsa at war with Road Traffic Infringement Agency over order to return to work at ‘unsafe’ headquarters
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TimesLIVE Premium writes that a war is brewing over the Road Traffic Infringement Agency’s (RTIA’s) headquarters in Midrand, which has been standing empty for a month.
Top Home Affairs official suspended for 'soliciting' bribes
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City Press reports that a senior official in the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), who allegedly demanded kickbacks from service providers to approve their invoices, has been suspended.
Prasa accused of paying billions in dodgy tenders, with a R2bn contract awarded to a one-day-old company
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City Press reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) allegedly spent more than R2 billion on a joint venture company that was registered just a day before a multibillion-rand tender was awarded to it.
Samwu to contest firing of some 300 Gautrain bus drivers
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BL Premium reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) is on Monday expected to challenge a decision by Gautrain to fire about 300 bus drivers.
Amsa pulls plug on long-steel operations
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Business Times reports that potential investors are circling the long-steel business of ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) as the company prepares to shut down those plants after attempts to save the operations failed to yield results.
Roundup on Monday, 3 March 2025 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see the following summaries of our selection of
South African labour-related articles.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 28 February 2025
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summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 27 February 2025
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Vodacom SA to retrench some 113 employees across various levels
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BusinessTech reports that mobile telecoms operator Vodacom will be retrenching about 113 Vodacom SA employees across various levels, including management and senior management.
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 26 February 2025
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In our Wednesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Sandu backs Lieutenant General Maphaha’s ‘Mickey Mouse’ defence force comments
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SABC News reports that the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) has backed comments made over the weekend by SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Lieutenant General Peter Ntshavheni Maphaha, who accused the government of running a “Mickey Mouse” defence force.
Questions over death of KZN principal killed in hit-and-run accident
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TimesLIVE reports that colleagues of a high school principal killed in a hit-and-run accident in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are questioning whether his death might be linked to the appointment of a new service provider at the school.
Failure to pay parks and tourism workers believed to be political smear campaign against North West MEC
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The Star reports that North West MEC for Economic, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, Bitsa Lenkopane, is allegedly facing a “political smear campaign” to vacate her office, with accusations having been made of failure to pay workers for the Parks and Tourism Board (NWPTB).
Cost of household food basket increased by R50.32 in January over December
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SowetanLive reports that maize meal, cooking oil, sugar beans, spinach and wors were some of the food items that went up in the past month, pushing the cost of an average household food basket up by R50.32 from R5,383.38 in December 2024 to R5,433.70 in January.
Six in 10 young South Africans have no jobs, but some still reject offers of work
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SA has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with an official rate of 32%, rising to 42% when discouraged job seekers are included. Among young people aged 15 to 24, unemployment is a staggering 60%.
Harmony Gold’s death traps saw 13 miners perish in 23 months
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Sunday World reports that yet another mineworker at Harmony Gold’s mining operations has died, following an underground incident on last Thursday morning.
Mashatile, Creecy push for appointment of worse-performing candidate to get SAA top job
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News24 reports that Transport Minister Barbara Creecy will be recommending the worst-performing candidate for the chief executive officer job at SA Airways (SAA) after intervention by Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the ANC's deployment committee.
Fort Hare University to house SA's second veterinary science school
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News24 reports that SA’s second veterinary science school is set to open in about two years at the University of Fort Hare, the institution advised on Sunday.
Emfuleni municipality loses again after paying over R55m in a labour dispute
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City Press reports that the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng has suffered another blow after the Bargaining Council (BC) ruled in favour of an employee in respect of whom it had spent more than R55 million in an epic labour dispute.
Injured soldiers could be back in SA from DRC on Tuesday morning, says Sandu
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TimesLIVE reports that the South African soldiers wounded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could land in SA on Tuesday morning.
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 25 February 2025
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Gautrain back up and running between Rosebank station and Park station
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News24 reports that the Gautrain's services between Rosebank station and Park station have returned to normal after trains were suspended on 15 February.
Auditor-General reveals years of mismanagement at Compensation Fund and UIF
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Sunday Independent reports that the Auditor-General of SA (AG) recently delivered a devastating virtual briefing to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), exposing the disastrous financial management and governance inside the Compensation Fund (CF) and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
Harmony Gold worker dies in accident at Mponeng mine
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BL Premium reports that Harmony Gold announced in a statement on Friday that a worker died at one of its mines when an earth tremor led to a fall of ground.
Numsa pickets at IDC headquarters to save steelworkers’ jobs
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GroundUp reports that more than 100 persons under the banner of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) picketed outside the Industrial Development Corporation’s (IDC’s) offices in Sandton on Friday.
Senior Mpumalanga education official suspended in jobs-for-sale scandal
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Sunday World reports that a senior education official in Mpumalanga has been suspended on allegations that she was involved in selling teaching posts to job seekers.
ATNS air traffic management manager accused of forcing employee to perform fellatio
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Sunday World reports that a senior manager at state-owned entity Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) is facing sexual harassment charges for allegedly spanking a junior female employee and forcing her to perform oral sex on him at their offices.
Wounded SA soldiers in DRC told at last minute they were not going home
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City Press reports that there are at least 189 wounded and sick South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), of whom at least five are seriously injured and two are pregnant.
Roundup on Monday, 24 February 2025 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see summaries of our selection of South
African labour-related articles.