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With the UIF’s uFiling system down for ‘maintenance’, the unemployed struggle to lodge claims
Daily Maverick reports that the Department of Labour’s (DoL’s) uFiling system has been offline since 22 February, leaving jobless citizens unable to apply for compensation from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Source: Latest News
Numsa employee loses unfair labour practice case against the union over car scheme
Carmel Rickard reports that in a case certain to intrigue many, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) recently found itself in an unusual role — as an employer in dispute with a union organiser who challenged an alleged unfair labour practice. Source: Latest News
Looming job losses threaten the CSIR’s climate change research
Mail & Guardian reports that close to 100 jobs at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the line as the research centre undergoes restructuring. Source: Latest News
Vantage Goldfields stalls on Lily Mine and Barbrook deal
City Press Business reports that the company that had sealed an agreement to buy a 74% shareholding in Vantage Goldfields this month lodged an urgent court application to enforce the transfer of the shares and avert liquidation of the gold mining company. Source: Latest News
Labour Court stymies Amcu yet again in Sibanye-Stillwater gold wage strike
BusinessLive reports that a court ruling on Friday was the latest of a series of legal setbacks for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) in its protracted wage strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines. Source: Latest News
Jobs boost on the horizon as Mpumalanga special economic zone gazetted
BusinessLive reports that the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) on Friday gazetted the creation of the 155ha Nkomazi special economic zone (SEZ) in Mpumalanga. Source: Latest News
Numsa downs tools at BMW South Africa’s Rosslyn plant over shift allowances
ANA reports that members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) went on strike on Monday at BMW South Africa (BMWSA) over changes to terms of employment at the company’s Rosslyn plant in Pretoria. Source: Latest News
As Eskom hikes loom, 90,000 gold and platinum jobs at risk, Minerals Council warns
Mining Weekly reports that the Minerals Council SA (previously called the Chamber of Mines) has sounded the alarm over the threat posed to employment and production in the gold and platinum mining sectors as a result of recently approved electricity tariff increases, including the 13.8% hike to be implemented from...
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 25 March 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 25 March 2019. Source: Latest News