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.
Two Cape Town traffic officers and a civilian get lengthy jail sentences for issuing fake learner’s driver licences
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IOL News reports that two traffic officers and a civilian who issued fake learner’s driver licences will each serve lengthy imprisonment terms after being sentenced in the Cape Town Regional Court last week.
SA’s call centre growth drawing global attention and creating jobs
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Business Times reports that between April and June, a total of 8,180 new jobs in SA were recorded in high-end customer service call centres serving clients of companies such as Amazon, Lufthansa, and Investec from around the world.
Cape Town metro police officer falls to his death from roof while pursuing robbery suspects in Kensington
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IOL News reports that a Cape Town metro police officer died in the line of duty when he fell from a roof after a scuffle with alleged robbers. Tyler
Daybreak Foods workers march to labour department for TERS funding to be approved
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GroundUp reports that about 200 workers of poultry company Daybreak Foods affiliated with the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU).marched to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) in Pretoria on Friday.
Gigaba ‘not under arrest’ but ‘engaging with anti-corruption investigating body’
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Daily Maverick reports that on Friday (7 November), former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba announced on social media that he had been summoned to appear in court on corruption charges. But, the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) swiftly dismissed the claim, saying they were merely engaging with him.
Senior IDAC official kidnapped and assaulted on his way home on Friday
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The Citizen reports that the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has confirmed that its Head of Investigations and Operations was kidnapped and assaulted on Friday night.
Roundup on Monday, 10 November 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.
Consumer inflation target to be lowered to 3%
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Sunday Times reports that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to announce on Wednesday that SA will lower its consumer inflation target from the present range of 3% to 6% to 3%.
In a first for SA, City of Cape Town appoints a Chief Heat Officer
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EWN reports that in a first for SA, the City of Cape Town has announced the appointment of a Chief Heat Officer.
Labour Court orders SAB to reinstate up to 188 warehouse workers after unfair retrenchment process
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News24 reports that SA Breweries (SAB) will have to reinstate up to 188 warehouse workers, pending further consultation with them, after the Labour Court ruled that it had not followed a fair procedure before dismissing them.
Locked-out FlySafair cabin crew reject latest wage offer
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News24 reports that FlySafair remains embroiled in a labour dispute with the SA Cabin Crew Association (SACCA), after the union’s members rejected the airline’s latest wage offer.
Nehawu signs 7% wage increase deal with NSFAS, ending a seven months impasse
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The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) reports that a seven months long wage impasse at the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) ended with the signing of a wage deal on 5 November 2025.
AMCU reports fatal incident at Sibanye Platinum’s Marikana Operations
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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) issued a statement on Saturday (8 November 2025) in which it reported on a fatal incident at Sibanye Platinum, Marikana Operations, EPL 3 Shaft.
RAF suspends acting CEO, CFO and two senior executives amid corruption probe
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The Citizen reports that the board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has placed four senior executives of the fund on suspension.
Metro cop and another man dead in early morning Saturday shooting at Durban’s beachfront
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TimesLIVE reports that two men, one of whom was a policeman, died during an altercation at Durban’s beachfront in the early hours of Saturday.
MPs cast doubt on SANDF survey that found morale among soldiers was good
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EWN reports that MPs have cast doubt on a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) survey, which found that the level of morale among soldiers was good.
Numsa signs three-year wage agreement in the tyre manufacturing sector
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Engineering News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has concluded a three-year wage agreement in the tyre manufacturing sector, effective from 31 July this year to 30 June 2028.
Daveyton deputy principal shot on Friday as he was entering school premises
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The Citizen reports that a deputy principal was shot on Friday morning (7 November) while entering Dinoto Technical Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni. The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) confirmed the incident.
East Rand security officer shot and killed in line of duty
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Boksburg Advertiser reports that tributes have poured in for a senior reaction officer from Spot Watch Security (SWS), Jan Cameron, who was shot and killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning (6 November) while responding to a business robbery on Middle Road.
Employers are hunting for South Africans with these skills
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Daily Investor reports that even in SA’s strained job market, some sectors and roles remain in high demand as employers hunt for skilled workers. This trend was revealed in the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for October 2025, which provides insights into recruitment and employment trends in the SA labour market.
Free State clinic has been short-staffed and overcrowded for 10 years
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GroundUp reports that at the dilapidated, prefab Intabazwe clinic, near Harrismith, some patients are turned away daily even if they started to queue as early as 6am.
Company ordered to repay R4.7m in PPE profits from unlawful and invalid Mpumalanga contract
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The Citizen reports that the Special Tribunal has ordered a company to repay profits derived from an unconstitutional Mpumalanga personal protective equipment (PPE) contract after an investigation exposed irregularities in mask procurement.
Grieving families ‘spitting snakes’ at labour department’s ‘excuses’ over George building collapse investigation
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Daily Maverick reports that families and relatives of those injured or who perished in May 2024 when a five-storey development in George collapsed are ‘spitting snakes’ at claims that SA Police Service (SAPS) investigators had been ‘obstructive’.
EMPD’s Julius Mkhwanazi accused of making 55 irregular promotions in three months
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SowetanLive reports that Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) acting chief Julius Mkhwanazi allegedly promoted 55 candidates to senior positions within three months, with some of the positions not having been advertised.
eThekwini Metro Police rack up R20m a month in overtime pay amid staffing shortages and unbudgeted duties
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The Mercury reports that staff shortages, long hours, and additional duties not budgeted for are forcing the eThekwini Metro Police unit to spend up to R20 million each month on overtime pay. Since the beginning of the financial year in July, the unit has spent close to R80m, averaging between R19m and R20m each month.
‘Tackle SA about race,’ says Solidarity with its G20 campaign
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Maroela Media reports that on Thursday, trade union Solidarity handed over a memorandum to the embassies of each of the G20 member countries to the effect that SA must be held accountable for its “breach of international conventions on racial discrimination” at the upcoming G20 summit in November.
Gayton McKenzie defunds 2026 National Arts Festival, jeopardising 3,000 jobs
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Daily Maverick reports that the National Arts Festival’s application for funding to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for the 2026 event has been refused, Minister Gayton McKenzie indicated in a written answer to questions raised in Parliament.
Pension Funds Adjudicator asked to step in over security company’s non-payment of contributions amounting to R15m
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News24 reports that for the first time since the introduction of the two-pot retirement savings system a year ago, which exposed companies’, government departments’, and municipalities’ failure to pay employees’ pension fund contributions to administrators and third parties, the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) is finally intervening.
Former Mashatile bodyguards to face music for alleged N1 assault after court dismisses discharge application
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Daily Maverick reports that on Thursday, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court dismissed a Section 174 discharge application brought by eight former bodyguards of Deputy President Paul Mashatile, thereby keeping the high-profile assault case on track for trial.
‘Stop employing illegal foreigners or face possible jail time’, Ramaphosa warns
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The Citizen reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a stern warning to South African employers who hire illegal immigrants, saying they could face jail time.