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Financial Mail writes that ten months after its introduction, the national minimum wage (NMW) of R20 an hour has not caused a jobs bloodbath. Source: Latest News
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The surprises keep coming in the legal battle between Old Mutual and its axed CEO Peter Moyo
BL Premium writes that many Old Mutual shareholders have come out asking the insurer and its axed CEO to find an amicable solution that will put an end to the five-month bruising public battle between the two. Source: Latest News
Treasury indicates that NHI budget plans 'no longer affordable'
Fin24 reports that according to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), shrinking growth and a widening budget deficit were impacting the affordability of National Health Insurance (NHI). Source: Latest News
Labour federations takes Tito Mboweni to task over scant detail in medium-term budget statement
BusinessLive reports that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) has been roundly criticised by labour for being scant on detail regarding how it planned to reignite the struggling SA economy. Source: Latest News
Numsa wants full disclosure from Samancor of Ndizani Trust financial statements
ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Tuesday that it was disappointed that Samancor had not organised a meeting of the working group consisting of employees and labour representatives with Ndizani Trust members. Source: Latest News
NHI is driving health professionals overseas, Solidarity survey shows
BusinessLive reports that one in five health-care professionals say National Health Insurance (NHI) is among the factors that have prompted them to take steps towards emigrating, according to a survey released on Wednesday by Solidarity. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 30 October 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. Source: Latest News
Cosatu wants guarantees that Eskom workers won’t be retrenched
Fin24 reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has noted that the special paper on Eskom released by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is silent on job security. Source: Latest News
Three sectors that bucked the bleak unemployment trend
TimesLIVE reports that while SA’s unemployment rate continued in the third quarter of 2019 to climb to the worst levels in more than a decade, three sectors saw positive growth. Source: Latest News
Former top cop and three others back in the dock over circumstances of Marikana death
ANA reports that the trial of former North West deputy police commissioner Major General Willam Mpembe and three others in relation to the death of one of the mineworkers killed in the 2012 Marikana massacre continued at the North West High Court in Mogwase on Tuesday. Source: Latest News