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BDLive reports that coal sector wage dispute conciliation is expected to begin on Tuesday at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Source: Latest News
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Midday roundup of labour news on Monday, 7 September 2015
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 4 September 2015. Source: Latest News
Gold strike still more likely than not after jobs pact
Bloomberg News reports that according to the Eurasia Group, a labour strike at one of SA’s top gold producers is still more likely than not, even after companies, unions and the government signed a pact last week to address job losses. Source: Latest News
Cape Town revises its EPWP job-seeker policy
ANA reports that the City of Cape Town announced on Sunday that it was revising its job seeker policy for the expanded public works programme (EPWP). Source: Latest News
Police killings are an attack on the State, Zuma tells families of slain cops
News24 reports that President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that police killings were an attack on the State and had to be brought to an end. Source: Latest News
Protests in Limpopo over Mogalakwena mine jobs ‘heading for disaster’
Sowetan reports that after a week of protests in which 44 people were arrested and several others injured, Limpopo police have warned that the situation in villages around the Mogalakwena platinum mine could degenerate into disaster. Source: Latest News
LRA changes restricting labour broking ‘bled jobs’
BDLive reports that new research shows that half of the workers employed through labour brokers lost their jobs, while a far smaller portion got permanent jobs, in the 12 months following amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) that placed restrictions on the employment of temporary workers. Source: Latest News
Zuma tells cops to defend themselves against criminals
ANA reports that President Jacob Zuma on Sunday urged police officers to defend themselves against criminals, and said numerous additional interventions to halt the murder of police officers were being considered. Source: Latest News
Solidarity to charge SA Government at UN on Monday over use of affirmative action quotas
Netwerk24 reports that a complaint will be lodged with the United National (UN) on Monday by Solidarity against the South African government for its continuing use of a quota system to advance affirmative action. Source: Latest News
‘Toothless’ mining sector jobs pact won’t stem layoffs, says Amcu’s Mathunjwa
Business Report writes that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), believes that the recently-signed pact by the state and mining companies to stem the wave of job losses in the sector is likely to do little to stem layoffs as it does not include...