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Daily News reports that residents of a Durban township have been forced to pay half of their meagre salaries, received as part of government’s Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP), to a ward committee member for apparently organising their employment. Source: Latest News
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Women in South Africa earn on average a third less than men
Mail & Guardian reports that women earn nearly a third less than men on average in South Africa, according to the latest tax statistics published by the SA Revenue Service (Sars). Source: Latest News
Cosatu calls on DPSA to change wage negotiators
Eyewitness News reports that unions affiliated to labour federation Cosatu have called on the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) to change its negotiators at the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC). Source: Latest News
Agenda to loot parastatals, claims Numsa
The Star reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) believes there’s an agenda to loot the country’s parastatals. Source: Latest News
Numsa goes ahead to forge new workers’ party
Fin24 reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will work to set up a political party to represent workers, the union’s general secretary, Irvin Jim, told reporters in Johannesburg on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Municipal workers reject new 5.4% wage offer
Times Live reports that municipal workers are despondent after the SA Local Government Association (Salga), representing 278 municipalities countrywide, offered them a 5.4% wage increase during negotiations on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Numsa’s Irvin Jim lays blame for xenophobia at ANC's door
Mail & Guardian reports that, according to National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa’s) general secretary Irvin Jim, the failure of the ANC government to implement the Freedom Charter and make fundamental changes to the economy and thereby transform the lives of all South Africans is at the heart of...
NUM to demand gold wage hikes of 75%, say union sources
Fin24 reports that, according to insider union sources, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is planning to submit demands to the gold sector next week calling for a 75% hike in the basic pay for entry-level workers. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour articles posted on Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Wednesday, 22 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 22 April 2015
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 21 April 2015. Source: Latest News