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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 […]
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SABC News reports that Metrobus in Johannesburg says it expects its employees to resume work this morning following last night’s marathon talks between management and labour unions. Metrobus says the two parties agreed that workers would return to work on Friday. Metrobus workers embarked on a work stoppage on Wednesday afternoon leaving thousands of commuters […]
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SABC News reports that the South African National Defence Union (SANDU) says HIV discrimination persists in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), despite multiple court judgments and the country’s laws which prohibit discrimination against people living with HIV. In 2017, a woman had undergone two years of training before her contracts were cancelled due […]
EWN reports that Metrobus services in Johannesburg have come to a standstill after bus drivers hit the brakes on its operations on Thursday morning. Commuters have been left stranded in some parts of the city after the bus company abruptly halted its operations, leaving thousands of residents scrambling for alternative modes of transport. The move will […]