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Financial Mail reports that Eskom says its above-inflation wage settlement with trade unions will not affect its future tariff trajectory because it is making savings in other areas, such as diesel consumption. Source: Latest News
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Panel starts work on national minimum wage level
BDLive reports that the seven economists appointed to set the country’s national minimum wage (NMW) began their work on Thursday with labour federation Cosatu warning the state to approach the process with urgency. Source: Latest News
Gautrain strike not off the cards, with CCMA ruling due in 14 days’ time
ANA reports that the United National Transport Union (Untu) and Gautrain operator Bombela failed to reach an agreement at the CCMA following threats of union members going on strike due to a wage disagreement. Source: Latest News
Four years after Marikana shooting, victims still await payment of claims
BDLive reports that the Presidency said on Thursday that the government will make an offer of payments in full settlement of claims arising from the 2012 Marikana shooting in due course. Source: Latest News
Platinum belt’s silent struggle with sexual assault
Marelise van der Merwe reports that on the fourth anniversary of the Marikana massacre, a new report by Doctors Without Borders (MSF / Medicins sans Frontieres) has highlighted the disturbingly high levels of sexual assault – on women, men and children – in the platinum mining belt. Source: Latest News
'We are mothers, sisters, friends', sex workers tell MPs in bid for decriminalisation
News24 reports that the message sex workers delivered to Members of Parliament on Wednesday during a multi-party women’s caucus meeting was that they were mothers, sisters, friends, caregivers and also women who just happened to be a sex workers. Source: Latest News
Wage talks deadlock between Gautrain workers’ union, employer
EWN reports that the United National Transport Union (UNTU) says talks with Gautrain bosses have reached a deadlock and they’re now waiting for a decision from the CCMA on whether or not workers can go on strike. Source: Latest News
As Telkom offers R500,000 reward iro acts of sabotage, CWU denies involvement
NEWS24WIRE reports that striking Telkom workers have denied involvement in the alleged sabotage of several of the telecom company’s network facilities across the country. Source: Latest News
Widening the net of UIF coverage ‘has pitfalls’
BDLive reports that providing unemployment cover for people who resign and have no alternative employment and those who work in the informal sector, as recommended by Nedlac, would be fraught with problems. Source: Latest News
It’s a ‘bitter pill to swallow’, but Samwu accepts ANC loss of power in several councils
ANA reports that the Cosatu-affiliated SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has accepted the outcome of the local government elections and the resultant coalitions. Source: Latest News