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Business Tech reports that a new case against the Minister of Employment and Labour looks to create a new gender-neutral maternity leave. In August 2023, the Gauteng High Court heard arguments in the case Van Wyk and Others v the Minister of Employment and Labour and Others. In this matter, Werner and Ika Van Wyk’s application […]

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Mining Weekly writes that the Minerals Council South Africa and trade union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) are mourning the death of those killed in an accident between a bus and a truck, near diamond miner De Beers’ Venetia mine, in Limpopo, on the afternoon of September 17. JSE-listed engineering and contractor group Murray & Roberts (M&R) earlier confirmed […]

Fin24 reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has issued retrenchment notices at its Kloof 4 shaft, which could potentially affect as many as 3 000 workers at the gold mining operation near Carletonville. Last week Thursday, Sibanye-Stillwater said it would consult with organised labour in terms of section 189A of the Labour Relations Act regarding the possible restructuring […]

SABC News reports that more than 20 people were burnt to death when a bus collided with a truck in Musina, Limpopo yesterday afternoon. The bus was transporting mine workers to Venetia mine when it collided with a truck and caught fire. The mine workers were employed to work in an underground project at the […]

Members of the COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) in the clothing sector will start to receive their new wage increase for 2023 as from today. This wage increase is as a result of a two-year clothing sector collective agreement which was concluded last year. The two-year agreement contained the following provision […]

The NUM can confirm that the four-month-long wage negotiations with the world’s leading diamond company De Beers have collapsed and a dispute has been declared at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). The NUM is currently involved in a mobilisation process amongst its more than 1,500 members, preparing them for a protected indefinite […]

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Business Tech writes that legal experts at Schoeman’s Law have outlined worker rights when it comes to constructive dismissal in South Africa. Constructive dismissal is a situation where workers have been subjected to unbearable working conditions to the point that they feel that they have no choice but to resign or quit. In South African […]

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Mpumalanga welcomes the reinstatement of more or less 15 workers in Dipaleseng Local Municipality. This follows the abrupt termination of contracts of the above stated employees by the municipality due to their demands for better working conditions, respect, […]

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Sunday World reports that Grain Field Chickens in Reitz in eastern Free State is under shutdown as employees continue with the strike over salary increases. The chicken-producing factory employees complain that they are being underpaid yet overworked. Workers’ representative Mamokete Mokoena said the workers demand R600 salary increase. Grain Field Chickens management promised R500 pay […]