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.
Last Update: 19-11-2025
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New RAF board gets flak from MPs for shielding four executives from accountability by suspending them
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EWN reports that the new board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has come in for harsh criticism from members of Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee for suspending four executives just days before they were due to appear before the committee to explain the fund’s latest financial statements.
Nearly a quarter of SA’s workforce hold informal jobs
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BusinessDay reports that Statistics SA has put the number of people employed in the informal economy at 4-million after definitions of formal and informal employment underwent “significant revisions” in the calculation of the third quarter jobless rate.
EMPD deputy chief Mkhwanazi suspended following Madlanga commission allegations
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The Citizen reports that Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Commissioner Julius Mkhwanazi has been suspended from his position. He was at the centre of the testimonies of two colleagues over the last five days at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
ArcelorMittal and IDC end their exclusive talks with no deal
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Bloomberg reports that ArcelorMittal SA’s (AMSA’s) exclusive talks with SA’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) regarding the potential sale of its local steel operation have ended without a deal, leaving the company free to seek other investors.
Saftu labels 3% inflation target an attack on the working class and calls for protest outside Parliament on Wednesday
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IOL Business reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has slammed Treasury and the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) reported plan to lower the consumer inflation target to 3% and has called for a mass mobilisation outside Parliament on Wednesday.