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Ground Up writes that over 80 unemployed doctors marched from UNISA campus on Longmarket Road to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health’s offices in Langalibele Street, Pietermaritzburg, on Monday. They went to hand over their CVs and a memorandum demanding that the healthcare budget be increased to accommodate over 700 qualifying medical practitioners. The department was […]
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the Labour Court judgement declaring the settlement agreement concluded at the PSCBC in 2023 following the public service strike enforceable. The public service strike was called off after the parties at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council [PSCBC] through a facilitated process entered into the […]
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IOL News reports that Durban’s uShaka Marine World is expected to be closed from Monday due to a strike over wages. Workers issued management with a strike notice after they reached a stalemate during wage negotiations. On Friday, uShaka CEO Ndabo Khoza, said the labour union representing staff has taken up the matter with the Commission for Conciliation […]
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This year’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town on 5-8 February, celebrated 30 years of existence with over 10,000 delegates from the mining industry, governments, civil society organisations, and trade unions. Dialogues and conversations took place under the theme “Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining.” In the opening address […]
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Ground Up reports that the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) is planning to strike on Thursday after failed negotiations with the university management. In the strike notice issued on Tuesday, the union’s executive committee said that it has “exhausted all avenues of a non-strike resolution to our dispute and demands” and was left […]
EWN reports that Labour experts at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town have warned that it’s bad for businesses to lock labour unions out as tensions in the industry persist. The latest warning comes hot on the heels of several disruptive strikes seen by the industry last year. This includes hostage dramas that gripped the […]
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) welcomes the settlement agreement reached over Optimum Coal Mine and Optimum Coal Terminal as settled in front of and ordered by the North Gauteng High Court. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Liberty Coal reached settlement agreement that will result in saving over five hundred jobs at Optimum […]
Business Report writes that the new national minimum wage (NMW) of R27.58 with effect from March 1, 2024, up from R25.42, announced by Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on Friday, has attracted a mixed reaction from labour and employer groupings. The NMW will come into effect at the beginning of next month and now […]
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Business Tech reports that the Department of Employment and Labour has recently revised its employment equity targets; including a renewed focus on senior and top management levels and replacing specific targets for African, coloured, Indian and white workers. Back in April 2023, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act into law, which amended the Employment […]
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GroundUp reports that health workers at Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town are starting to feel the effects of an ongoing freeze on the hiring of critical medical staff. According to senior officials at these hospitals, speaking to GroundUp anonymously, the situation has reached a point where managers are struggling […]