Thought Leadership
Terry Bell writes that by next Monday, the country will hear whether there has been a breakthrough in the tortuous public sector wage negotiations or whether another deadlock, which could mean a damaging strike, has been reached. Source: Latest News
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Eight prison staff killed in horrific N2 crash
Cape Argus reports that eight prison staff were killed and two other people were critically injured in a crash which involved three vehicles, including a Correctional Services minibus taxi carrying its staff, on Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News
Post Office rightsizing would see some 22% of workforce slashed
BDLive reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) is to be radically right-sized with about 22% of its workforce due to be offered early retirement, retrenchment or new posts in other parts of the organisation. Source: Latest News
Vavi will not appeal his dismissal by Cosatu
ANN7 reports that former Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says he will not appeal his dismissal from the labour federation. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Tuesday, 5 May 2015. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 5 May 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 4 May 2015. Source: Latest News
230 undocumented immigrants held at Marikana
ANA reports that at least 230 undocumented immigrants have been arrested at the Khamqwana informal settlement in Marikana outside Rustenburg, North West police said on Monday. Source: Latest News
Striking Cape Town workers resort to threats and intimidation
Cape Times reports that City of Cape Town workers picketed outside council offices and depots on Monday at the start of a legal three-day strike called by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu). Source: Latest News
Official report into deadly accident at Eskom’s Ingula Scheme still awaited
Moneyweb reports that more than 18 months after six people were killed and seven injured by a runaway gantry at Eskom’s Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme building site, the official accident report from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is still outstanding. Source: Latest News
Sactwu foregoes dividends from its investments to save jobs
BDLive reports that the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union’s (Sactwu’s) efforts to make a go of struggling clothing manufacturing operations has seen it sacrifice dividend flows in a bid to retain jobs. Source: Latest News