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BDLive reports that the new executive director of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac), Madoda Vilakazi, assumed his duties on Friday. Source: Latest News
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Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 1 April 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 1 April 2016 Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 1 April 2016
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Thursday, 31 March 2016. Source: Latest News
OutsourcingMustFall campaign determined to end poverty wages despite activist’s kidnapping
The New Age reports that the OutsourcingMustFall (OMF) movement said it would not be intimidated into halting its campaign, despite the suspected kidnapping of activist Vusi Mahlangu. Source: Latest News
UIF to clamp down on employers who don’t declare their employees to the fund
The Star reports that with Parliament set to approve the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Amendment Bill, the fund wants to clamp down on employers who fail to declare their employees to it and the SA Revenue Service (SARS). Source: Latest News
CALS study shows mines’ social and labour plans don’t meet communities’ needs
Pretoria News reports that mining communities across the country say the social and labour plans (SLPs) of mining companies do not cater for their actual needs. Source: Latest News
Fedusa and CFCR happy with ConCourt Nkandla ruling
News24 reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) has welcomed Thursday’s Nkandla judgment, with Fedusa president Koos Bezuidenhout saying the ruling was “a much–needed victory” for the restoration of confidence by the people of SA. Source: Latest News
Take-home pay defies odds, beating inflation year-on-year in February
Moneyweb reports that, despite a consumer price inflation rate of 7%, the BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) shows that take-home pay increased in February by 9.1%, revealing a 2.1% real increase year-on-year. Source: Latest News
Samwu Eastern Cape axes provincial secretary
ANA reports that Luthando Juju, Deputy Secretary of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday said that the Provincial Executive Committee had fired provincial secretary Milton Myolwa. Source: Latest News
Church employee fired for seeing a sangoma still waiting for payment of CCMA award
SowetanLive reports that self-styled prophet Samuel Radebe of the Revelation Church of God has failed to honour an order to pay his former bodyguard some R100,000 for unfair dismissal for having sought a sangoma’s help. Source: Latest News