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BusinessLive reports that according to the Public Service Commission (PSC), performance management within government was not working and managers were too scared of trade unions to manage. Source: Latest News
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Numsa and NUM agree to work together to oppose Eskom’s unbundling
BusinessLive reports that Eskom’s two largest unions have put their political differences aside in order to oppose the unbundling of the embattled state-owned power utility. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 6 November 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 6 November 2019. Source: Latest News
Private security companies threaten to sue Prasa after cancellation of guarding contracts
Cape Times reports that three private security companies have threatened to take the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) to court after their contracts were terminated, allegedly without notice. Source: Latest News
Axed Public Protector COO Basani Baloyi to challenge her dismissal in court
News24 reports that the former chief operating officer (COO) at the Office of the Public Protector SA (PP), Basani Baloyi, will be challenging her dismissal in court on the basis that it was “completely unlawful”. Source: Latest News
Correctional services minister, prison manager liable for damages for sexual assault on staffer
News24 reports that the Minister of Correctional Services and a manager at a Western Cape prison were found liable on Tuesday for damages to a social worker who was sexually assaulted in the manager’s office. Source: Latest News
Executives at SABC are worth their R42.5m pay, communications minister says
BusinessLive reports that Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has defended the high salaries paid to SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) executives even though the public broadcaster faces an uncertain future due to crippling financial challenges. Source: Latest News
Old Mutual and Just Share want investors to have a binding say on executive pay as a means of narrowing wage gap
BL Premium reports that according to Old Mutual and shareholder activist Just Share, the vote by shareholders on executive remuneration should be binding to help narrow the income gap in SA and reduce inequity. Source: Latest News
Mboweni gives assurance that Treasury is not considering prescribed retirement fund assets
BL Premium reports that the Treasury has for the first time categorically denied that it is actively considering the introduction of prescribed assets. Source: Latest News
Tshwane automotive investment zone will generate an initial 6,700 jobs
BusinessLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that the creation of a Tshwane automotive investment zone that would generate an initial 6,700 jobs, with the promise of more later, underlined SA’s attractiveness to foreign investors. Source: Latest News