BL Premium reports that Department of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has warned that the extreme budget cuts that her department has had to endure in recent years could cripple the entire defence industry, including small, medium and micro enterprises. Source: Latest News
Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity is to serve court papers on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to force the disclosure of information and stop the deployment of Cuban engineers to SA, pending an application for a review of the government’s decision. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has given notice of its intention to initiate wage talks in the Metals and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) and is demanding a one-year agreement with a 15% wage increase across the board. Source: Latest News
The Mercury reports that the wage demands of municipal workers have received another boost, with the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) also rejecting revised offers by the SA Local Government Association (Salga). Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that unpaid Denel workers have no relief in sight as a recent court case only granted relief for one subsidiary. Meanwhile, workers stormed into a meeting where the board was sitting with unions to tell them in person how they struggled to live without their salaries. Source:...
The Star reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has urged its members at the Johannesburg Metrobus service to keep reporting for work. The majority of workers at Metrobus belong to Samwu. Source: Latest News
Independent Media reports that the ANC has formally decided to oppose the court bid by the party’s suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule to have his suspension by the party overturned. Source: Latest News
GroundUp reported on Monday that a strike by over 300 workers at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) in Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, had entered its second week. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that the state agency tasked with the verification and evaluation of local and foreign academic qualifications has been forced to operate at limited capacity due to funding constraints. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that in its latest offer to unions in wage talks, the government has offered public servants the standard 1.5% “pay progression” increase, which is automatically due to all public servants, as well as a cash gratuity of nearly R1,000. Source: Latest News
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