# Union federation SAFTU has rejected president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to grant a 3.5-percent salary increase to political office-bearers, including members of the national executive and Parliament. The federation does, however, support the four-percent increase for judges. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the independence and proper functioning of the judiciary are essential to constitutional democracy. She […]
# The National Youth Unemployment Movement has launched a nationwide drive, dubbed “#UnemploymentFreeCities2029,” to tackle joblessness and stimulate employment across South Africa. The campaign follows the latest labour data showing that while the number of unemployed citizens aged 15 to 34 dipped by 23-thousand to five million, total youth employment also dropped by five-thousand to […]
# The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department has confirmed a Pick n Pay store at Hazel Park Shopping Centre in Lambton, Germiston, has been destroyed by fire this morning. Local firefighters responded swiftly, with additional support from crews in Boksburg. The first crew found the store fully engulfed in flames. Metro Police spokesperson Maswati Mdluli says […]
# COSATU in Gauteng has expressed solidarity with over one-thousand Festive Chicken workers participating in a protected strike at the Olifantsfontein facility in Ekurhuleni. They demand decent wages, improved working conditions and respect for their dignity. COSATU’s provincial chairperson, Amos Monyela, says the workers demand a monthly salary of 13-thousand-500-rand, medical aid, permanent employment and […]
# Western Cape MEC of Social Development, Wendy Kaizer-Philander, has emphasised the importance of promoting active ageing and creating opportunities for older persons to live healthy, independent and socially connected lives. Ninety-two older persons represented the province at the National Active Ageing Programme, affectionately known as the Golden Games, in Bloemfontein last month. Kaizer-Philander says the […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says efforts to create jobs in the province continue to show encouraging results. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey data for the province shows that the region’s unemployment rate has dropped to 19.4-percent in quarter three of this year, down from 19.5-percent in the previous quarter. This is well […]
# The daughter of former president Jacob Zuma and former minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Thuthukile, has resigned from the ANC’s Johannesburg regional executive committee. She has accused party leaders of trying to silence her for speaking out against what she describes as organisational dysfunction. The party’s spokesperson, Mantombi Nkosi, says Zuma’s resignation follows disciplinary proceedings initiated […]
# Union federation COSATU has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s approval of salary increases for public office-bearers, calling the move “tone-deaf” and “beyond shameful”. Members of the national executive, National Assembly, and permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces will receive a 3.5-percent increase. Four-percent increase is earmarked for judges and magistrates in the Constitutional […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services says it will ensure that the Department of Correctional Services complies with court orders arising from the case involving former G4S Security employees at Mangaung Correctional Centre, now known as Grootvlei Correctional Centre. The Labour Court found the department in contempt of court for failing to insource staff […]
