The Star reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has warned that labour federation Cosatu’s plan to financially assist Eskom with public servants’ pension funds will not go ahead before workers have been adequately consulted. Source: Latest News
Author Archives: admin
Hawks nab another senior eThekwini official in R389m fraudulent tender probe
TimesLIVE reports that a senior eThekwini official has been arrested by the Hawks and was scheduled to appear in the Durban specialised commercial crime court on Tuesday in connection with the ongoing R389m Durban Solid Waste tender (DSW) scandal. Source: Latest News
Pupils blow the whistle on Eastern Cape teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted them
TimesLIVE reports that an Eastern Cape teacher was scheduled to appear in the Mqanduli magistrate’s court on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting several of his pupils. Source: Latest News
Sibanye workers at Kroondal kept underground for safety reasons during fire incident
Mining Weekly reports on an incident that happened at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kroondal mine, in Rustenburg, on Monday, which required 378 mineworkers being kept underground for safety reasons. Source: Latest News
Nuclear Energy Corporation scrambles to pay salaries, asks subsidiary for loan
BL Premium reports that the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) is once again scrambling to pay salaries, this time by soliciting a loan from its only profitable subsidiary. Source: Latest News
ConCourt to rule on applicability of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act to domestic workers
BusinessLive reports that employers will have to pay Compensation Fund contributions for their domestic workers should the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) confirm a lower court order relating to domestic work. Source: Latest News
SAA warns employees it is moving ahead with plan that could see with job cuts
BL Premium reports that South African Airways (SAA) has told all its almost 5,000 employees that it will push ahead with a plan that could see it cut jobs. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 9 March 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 9 March 2020. Source: Latest News
CDE’s Ann Bernstein calls for a new approach to the jobs crisis
BusinessLive reports that one of a raft of proposals made by Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) executive director Ann Bernstein on Thursday was that the government has to shift its industrial policy from a focus on capital-intensive industries towards labour-intensive ones if it was to make any inroads into...
SABS standard on ethical guidelines for traditional health practitioners in public comment phase
Business Insider SA reports that a technical committee of the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) has entered the public-inquiry phase of drafting an ethics guideline for traditional healers in SA. Source: Latest News




Thought Leadership








