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TimesLIVE reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a shake-up of the Transnet board after constraints on the railways and ports resulted in SA missing out on billions of rand in revenue. Source: Latest News
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Solidarity refuses to sign Kumba wage agreement
Trade union Solidarity has announced that it will not sign a salary agreement that Kumba Iron Ore wants to impose on its members. Source: Latest News
‘Budget constraints’ mean 9‚000 social work graduates nationally remain unemployed
BusinessLive reports that about 9‚000 social work graduates in SA are unemployed due to “budget constraints”, but according to social development minister Lindiwe Zulu‚ there are 1‚279 vacant social worker positions in the provinces. Source: Latest News
Vacant teacher, principal and deputy principal posts ‘too high for comfort’
TimesLIVE Premium reports that education experts are worried at the many vacant teacher, principal and deputy principal posts in the country. Source: Latest News
SA Tourism board accused of targeting whistleblowers who utilised employee hotline
City Press reports that employees at SA Tourism have accused the interim board of using the hotline and whistleblowing platforms created for employees to report wrongdoing and misconduct in the organisation as a witch-hunt tool to intimidate staff members. Source: Latest News
SAPS calls on former members to re-enlist for detective services
IOL reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) is calling on all former police officers to re-enlist for its detective services. It is looking to re-enlist 400 former members who had rankings of Constable, Sergeant, or Warrant Officer. Source: Latest News
Mashatile claims state security ‘knows’ who’s behind truck attacks
SowetanLive reports that Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the state security agency knows who is behind the recent torching of trucks, adding that the government was “on top of things”. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 12 July 2023
In our Wednesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa expects intelligence report on truck torchings, expresses concern about economic impact
News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa is expecting an intelligence report on attacks on trucks in SA after he expressed concern about the impact of the incidents on the economy. He commented after six trucks were set alight on Van Reenen’s Pass, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday night. Source: Latest News
Five trucks torched in Mpumalanga only hours after six were set alight on N3
TimesLIVE reports that just hours after six trucks were set alight on the N3 in the early hours of Sunday morning in what has been described as “a co-ordinated attack on the road freight sector”, another five were torched under similar circumstances in Mpumalanga. Source: Latest News