BDLive reports that labour federation Cosatu has slammed the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) decision to issue summonses to motorists who have failed to pay their e-toll debts as “an extreme form of bureaucratic bullying and arrogance”. Source: Latest News
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Solidarity calls Sasfin bank’s Highveld Steel fine ‘ruthless’
BDLive reports that a multimillion-rand credit facility extended to struggling steel maker Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium has sparked a war of words between trade union Solidarity and the creditor, Sasfin. Source: Latest News
Pikitup protests costing R1m a day for private contractors
The Star reports that Pikitup is paying R1 million a day to hire private contractors to pick up refuse in Johannesburg during the ongoing strike by its workers. Source: Latest News
The exodus of teachers overseas is not slowing down
BDLive reports that SA is losing thousands of teachers annually, with most headed to the United Kingdom and the exodus showing no sign of slowing down. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 22 March 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 22 March 2016. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 22 March 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday, 18 March 2016. Source: Latest News
Samwu accuses City of JHB of ‘avoiding crucial talks’ on Pikitup strike
EWN reports that while the City of Johannesburg has called on the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) to return to negotiations over the Pikitup strike, the union has accused the city of playing hide and seek, and avoiding talks to find a solution. Source: Latest News
Unions’ rejection in 2015 of gold sustainability compact now costing workers dearly
Jan De Lange writes that in the 2015 gold wage talks, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) summarily rejected the producers’ offer of an Economic and Social Sustainability Compact. Source: Latest News
EPWP celebrates a decade of implementation
Engineering News reports that the SA Cities Network, in collaboration with the Department of Public Works, has launched a book reflecting on the decade-long implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in SA. Source: Latest News
Marikana a repeat of Sharpeville: Maimane
News24 reports that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane said at a Human Rights Day event on Monday that the 2012 Marikana shooting was a repeat of the Sharpeville massacre 52 years earlier. Source: Latest News




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