David McKay writes that the release of a preliminary report into how South African mining firms measured up against the targets in the Mining Charter was predictably focused on BEE ownership, but another aspect was the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR’s) unhappiness with the sector’s efforts to improve housing and...
Jan de Lange writes that the strike at Medupi is going to continue until Eskom reaches an agreement with workers over their bonuses in respect of completion of the first power generation unit. Source: Latest News
If one had to pay a South African housewife for all the work she does, it would easily cost R500,000 per year, Netwerk24 reported on Sunday. Source: Latest News
Netwerk24 reports that a desperate mineworker who suffered brain damage as a result of a mud slide has been waiting for more than two years for payment from the Compensation Commissioner (CC) and has had to sell his house. Source: Latest News
BDLive writes that public sector unions are heading for a showdown with the Treasury over the state’s “inflexibility” in the current round of wage talks and have accused Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene of undermining collective bargaining. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 18 April and Sunday, 19 April 2015. Source: Latest News
eNCA reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’’ Union (Sadtu) said on Saturday that attacks on foreign nationals have caused untold damage to South Africa – a country that values human rights, peace and solidarity. Source: Latest News
Business Times reports that South African companies with operations north of the border are suffering a fierce backlash from this week’s wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that Sifiso Maphumulo, president of new Cosatu affiliate the Liberated Metalworkers Union of SA (Limusa), died in a car accident on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that tensions between the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Communist Party (SACP) continue. Numsa has accused the SACP of embarking on a “hate speech” and “propaganda” against the union’s leadership. Source: Latest News
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