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Mining Weekly reports that Minerals Council SA (MCSA) member companies have agreed and committed to implement eight measures immediately to urgently address and halt the number of fatalities at SA’s mines. Source: Latest News
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AMCU reports that on Friday another mine fatality occurred
Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) reports that the seventy-second mining death of the year took place at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu operations outside Carletonville on 10 December. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 13 December 2021 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 10 December 2021. Source: Latest News
President Ramaphosa tests positive for Covid-19 and is isolating in Cape Town, deputy president to take over for next week
TimesLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for Covid-19, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, confirmed on Sunday night. Source: Latest News
Clock is ticking for thousands of Zimbabweans to replace visas, with jobs and bank accounts at risk
BL Premium reports that the government has indicated that Zimbabweans have a 12-month period from 31 December to replace special visas, which have enabled them to live, work and study in SA legally. Source: Latest News
Pay rulings and unresolved labour issues to roll over into new year, says Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis
In an informative overview, Gideon du Plessis, trade union Solidarity’s general secretary. writes about key unresolved workplace that will be issues of importance on the labour relations scene in 2022. Source: Latest News
Alexander Forbes believes worst is over in terms of retrenchments, but those who lost jobs are dipping into pensions
Business Times reports that Alexander Forbes (AF) believes SA has seen the last of large-scale corporate retrenchments due to the pandemic, but the expected gradual recovery of businesses means those who lost their jobs are being forced to cash in their pensions while they hunt for work in a sluggish...
Doctors say they won’t treat injured workers if Compensation Fund cuts out third-party payers
BL Premium reports that in a long-running battle over the use of third-party companies, doctors who treat employees injured at work say they will stop providing their services if the Compensation Fund (CF) insists on weeding them out. Source: Latest News
Sibanye-Stillwater gets ready for strike in the New Year as wage deadlock remains unresolved
Miningmx reports that according to Sibanye-Stillwater’s chief operating officer Richard Stewart, a strike on the producer’s gold mines was unlikely to take place before Christmas and was more likely to happen in the New Year. Source: Latest News
Finance Minister calls for reforms to the way fuel price is calculated
Bloomberg News reports that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has called for changes to the way the fuel price is calculated, after the cost of petrol rose to a record this month. Source: Latest News