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Times Live reports that labour federation Cosatu has backed down on its Equality Court complaint that the City of Cape Town is prioritising MyCiTi buses for wealthy suburbs while giving Cape Flats residents inferior service. Source: Latest News
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Salary cap for senior municipal officials ‘too low to attract competent officials’
Times Live reports that a call to cap the salaries of senior municipal officials has deepened the division between the government and the SA Local Government Association (Salga). Source: Latest News
Web links to labour articles posted on Thursday, 26 March 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Thursday, 26 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Eskom halts work at strike-hit Medupi power station to assess damage to property
Reuters reports that Eskom said striking workers destroyed property at its Medupi power plant construction site and that the state-owned power utility closed the site on Thursday to assess the damage. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 26 March 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 25 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Durban cooking oil factory burns, no serious injuries reported
A Durban factory that manufactures cooking oil went up in flames on Thursday morning. A huge plume of smoke could be seen from as far away as Queensburgh, some 15 kilometres away. Source: Latest News
Paramedics ‘shaken’ after Khayelitsha armed robbery
Cape Times reports that one of the three paramedics who survived a brazen attack at gunpoint while treating a 5-year-old girl in the back of an ambulance in Khayelitsha early on Wednesday says they will “definitely consider only going in (to the area) with police escorts in future”. Source: Latest...
Disposable salaries rise in February driven by salary rises and lower inflation
BDLive reports that the take-home pay of employees rose in February compared with a year ago driven by salary increases and lower inflation. Source: Latest News
Solidarity welcomes proposal to reduce UIF contributions
Trade union Solidarity on Tuesday welcomed the proposal of the Department of Finance to reduce contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) from a maximum of R297,44 per month to a maximum of R20 per month. Source: Latest News
Fedusa wants stricter penalties on firms that default on retirement fund contributions
Business Report writes that the Federation of Union of SA (Fedusa) has called for stricter penalties for companies that fail to pay over pension and retirement funds timeously. Source: Latest News