While congratulating the 2023 group of matriculants for the outstanding achievement and performance and wishing them well in their chosen fields of studies post-matric, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) wishes to forewarn this cohort to be extra vigilant and beware of possible bogus nursing colleges as many of them will start seeking […]
Department of Employment and Labour Embarks on Service Delivery activities
The Department of Employment and Labour will be embarking on a series of service delivery activities in Thaba Nchu as a build up towards a Jobs Fair to be held in Botshabelo on 24-25 January 2024. The Jobs Fair, an initiative championed by the Department’s Public Employment Services branch seeks to create opportunities for work […]
Shop stewards face disciplinary action
DFA reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association (PSA) believe that attempts are being made to dismiss their shop stewards at the Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for exposing chief directors who were implicated in allegations of corruption, maladministration and financial misconduct. The […]
700 jobs will be created for R706 construction in Letsemeng
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SABC News reports that nearly 700 jobs will be created for residents of the Letsemeng Municipality in the Free State for the duration of the construction of R706 between Jacobsdaal and Koffiefontein. The Roads and Transport MEC, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, is handing over the project to communities. The department’s spokesperson, Hillary Mophethe, says the construction is […]
Union vows to fight “slaughter” of Post Office jobs
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GroundUp writes that up to 6,000 South African Post Office workers – more than half the current workforce – stand to lose their jobs by the end of March. But the Communication Workers Union are fighting to reduce the proposed number of retrenchments. The number of retrenchments at the beleaguered institution are laid out in […]
Unions demand no job cuts in billionaire’s take-over of Durban port
News24 reports that South Africa’s powerful labour unions could scupper plans to sell a stake in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container port and have it operated by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon’s International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI). The United National Transport Union and South African Transport and Allied Workers Union are demanding that ICTSI agree to […]
Staff refuse to work at clinic
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GroundUp reports that staff at Mabandla Clinic in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, are refusing to work at the facility because the fence was stolen on Wednesday night. Nurses at the clinic say they fear for their safety. The clinic serves about 500 patients daily. A nurse who did not want to be named told GroundUp: […]
Employment and Labour Minister & CCMA meeting with NUM and Impala Management on strike
Today, 09th January 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour, TW Nxesi and the Mr. Xolani Nduna, Acting Director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) met with National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). NUM was led by its President Daniel Balepile, World Federation of Trade Unions (WAFTU) led by its President Mzwandile Makwayiba […]
Relief as 400 miners re-emerge from underground
DFA reports that another sigh of relief echoed at the Gold One Mine Modder Easter Mine late on Monday after more than 400 miners re-emerged to the surface after four days trapped underground. There was a lot of singing and dancing from some of the miners who were waiting patiently for their colleagues to re-emerge […]
Tshwane metro goes to court over demand for higher wages
BL Premium reports that the City of Tshwane advised on Monday that it was going to the Labour Court to challenge a decision by the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) that required the metro to abide by a multi-term wage deal which the city claimed was unaffordable. The city applied to the SALGBC to be […]