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News24 reports that on Friday KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Willies Mchunu warned that striking eThekwini Metro workers who illegally used municipal vehicles and caused damages would be held accountable. Source: Latest News
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Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 2 May 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 2 May 2019. Source: Latest News
Action needed to help mineworkers affected by state capture, says Gwede Mantashe
Mining Weekly reports that mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has called for urgent action to resolve the problems facing victims of state capture, particularly at the Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines. Source: Latest News
Bitter infighting rocks Fawu following suspension of general secretary
Independent News reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) has been shaken by infighting following the suspension of its general secretary, Katishi Masemola, over the writing off of R19.2million in one of the union’s investment companies. Source: Latest News
Cape Town train arsonist suspect to undergo 30 days of psychiatric assessment
TimesLIVE reports that the alleged train arsonist who made a confession in court last week appeared quietly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Nursing Council and health and higher education departments must align to resolve nursing training crisis, says Solidarity
ANA reports that trade union Solidarity’s Occupational Guild for Nursing on Thursday said it was vitally important that the Department of Health, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the SA Nursing Council (SANC) all get aligned with each other to resolve the current training crisis. Source: Latest...
Guards set to down tools over missing provident fund money
SowetanLive reports that Reshebile Aviation and Protection Services is scrambling to keep 400 security guards from downing tools after the company failed to pay their provident funds following a determination made by the Pension Fund Adjudicator (PFA). Source: Latest News
Traffic officers want RTMC to grant them same pay as new appointees
SowetanLive reports that eighteen traffic officers have hauled their employer to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for unfair discrimination after it hired new officers and paid them higher salaries. Source: Latest News
Outcry over racial divide in pay at Mulbarton Primary School
The Star writes that alleged racism in Gauteng schools has reared its ugly head again with accusations that white and Indian staff at Joburg’s Mulbarton Primary School were paid up to twice as much as their black colleagues, regardless of qualifications or experience. Source: Latest News
Sibanye-Stillwater ordered to temporarily shut platinum mine after miners trapped
Bloomberg reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has been ordered to shut down the shaft at its Rustenburg platinum mine where 1,800 workers were trapped for as long as 10 hours on Tuesday due to an accident with an underground transport system. Source: Latest News