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SABC News reports that workers at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) braved the cold weather in Cape Town to embark on their first picket in Cape Town as they gear up for a possible full-scale strike. Protesting outside their offices, workers say they suffer under incompetent management. The government entity has been plagued […]
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IOL News writes that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has been ordered to pay over R477,000 to an elderly teacher who was dismissed due to her poor health. Nomvula Mpokane, 61, had her employment terminated in September 2024 while she was on leave. The reason was that she was permanently incapacitated, and she could […]
Citizen reports that negotiations over the municipal workers’ strike, which commenced mid-June, have rolled over to Monday. This after the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) met with the City of uMhlathuze on Tuesday. After their two-hour closed meeting, Samwu President Nelson Mokgotho held a press briefing highlighting that engagements between the city management and […]
The Citizen reports that while negotiations are still underway over increases, municipal workers on the ground in the City of Tshwane are carrying the burden, says the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu). Tshwane Region Regional Secretary Donald Monakisi said the union and the City met at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) […]
IOL News reports that a company which was taken to task earlier for paying its workers in terms of the “piece work” system, – meaning that they were paid according to how much work they completed – tried in vain to have an order suspended in which they were forced to pay these workers the […]
East Coast Radio reports that the South African Municipal Workers’ Union says there may be light at the end of the tunnel for Ray Nkonyeni Municipality which is in disarray. Union leaders and municipal officials are still in talks to resolve an impasse over job grading and back pay related to the process. Senior employees […]
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the Labour Court Judgement setting-aside the Arbitration Award in the case of Community Healthcare Workers [CHW]. The matter was heard in the Labour Court at Braamfontein, Johannesburg on 29 October 2024 reviewing the arbitration award that ruled against our application to force the employer to […]
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News24 writes that a new e-hailing business, which only employs drivers who can speak Afrikaans, has been launched in Centurion and Pretoria. Called Wanatu, which is a play on the Afrikaans expression “Waarnatoe?” (English: Where to?), the company, which is funded by private investors, was launched in October last year. While speaking Afrikaans competently is a […]
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has noted the efforts made by the Department of Employment and Labour, under the auspices of Minister Nomakhosazana Meth, and the Bargaining Councils that operate within the restaurant and hospitality sector to ensure that employers within this sector comply with employment law. This comes after escalatory reports […]
SABC News reports that rustrated workers at the cash-strapped Renosterberg Municipality in Petrusville, Northern Cape, say they want their pension and retirement monies. Workers, who include administration and general workers, attended the court appearance of three former and current municipal officials accused of stealing millions of rands of workers’ pensions and retirement funds. The trio […]