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
SA Labour News
Crop-duster pilot dies after helicopter collides with electric cables on Patensie farm
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Sunday World reports that police in Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape have opened an inquest docket following a helicopter crash that claimed the life of a female crop duster pilot on a farm outside Patensie on Monday morning.
Numsa and auto manufacturing executives to meet this week amid wage deadlock and strike threats
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BusinessDay reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has held general meetings with members in the automotive industry to secure a mandate, following an ongoing deadlock in wage negotiations with the Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo).
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 11 November 2025
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In our Tuesday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
KZN Home Affairs official suspended for sale of fraudulent birth certificates
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The Independent on Saturday reports that another document scandal has rocked the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in KwaZulu-Natal. This time, birth certificates were allegedly sold to foreigners for the sum of R15,000 each.
With nine bodyguards, exorbitant close protection costs for RAF's former CEO, exposed
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IOL News reports that Road Accident Fund (RAF) head of security, Stephen Msiza, has made startling revelations about former CEO Collins Letsoalo’s close protection services. They came at a cost of R8m a year, exceeded the R480,000 limit set by the board.