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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 19 February 2020. Source: Latest News
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GEPF says it will not invest in Eskom purely to save SA and any investment in the utility would have to generate a return
BL Premium reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) will not invest more in Eskom solely for the purposes of saving SA, but would require that the power producer meet its investment criteria in terms of the management of the entity and the provision of a return. Source: Latest...
Eskom needs urgent cash injection “from somewhere” to avoid debt crisis, new CEO warns
Reuters reports that Eskom urgently needs more cash to stabilise its ballooning debt pile with the funds coming from either a rise in tariffs or new equity, new CE Andre de Ruyter told MPs on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Metrorail driver stoned by angry KZN commuters
GroundUp reports that after a train driver was stoned while on duty, the United National Transport Union (Untu) accused the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) of failing to provide and maintain a safe and healthy work environment for employees. Source: Latest News
Criminal records of 94 Free State community health protesters eventually cleared over three years after convictions set aside
GroundUp reports that the criminal records of 94 community health workers and members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), who were arrested at a night vigil outside the Free State Department of Health in 2014 have reportedly been cleared. Source: Latest News
Strike by emergency medical services in Graaff-Reinet ends after four days
GroundUp reports that employees of Emergency Medical Services in Graaff-Reinet, who were on strike since last Tuesday, suspended their strike on Friday, even though according to the employees their grievances had not been resolved. Source: Latest News
Vedanta’s Naidoo calls for increased female representation in mining
Mining Weekly reports that Vedanta Zinc International CEO Deshnee Naidoo has called on the SA mining industry to “change the gender narrative” and to engage in conversations about the lack of female representation in the industry. Source: Latest News
Telkom acting in bad faith in respect of retrenchment consultations, unions claim in urgent court bid
Business Report writes that the SA Communication Union (Sacu) and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have filed an urgent application in the Labour Court to compel Telkom to properly carry out consultations prior to embarking on retrenchments. Source: Latest News
Labour department warns company for employing ‘too many black women’
City Press reports a family business in Kempton Park that manufactures luxury Belgian chocolate, has been admonished by the labour department because it employs too many black women and was told to employ more black men. Source: Latest News
These three internal Anglo candidates could fill the top job at Amplats
BL Premium writes that Anglo American is rich with candidates to fill the CEO vacancy that will be left at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) with the unexpected resignation of Chris Griffith. Source: Latest News