# Pick n Pay has launched a Section 189 process to overhaul employee conditions for 22-thousand store workers. CEO Sean Summers says 12 years of concessions have left the chain store overstaffed on weekdays, while relying on part-timers in the evenings and over weekends. The group wants to cut costs by reducing Sunday pay and […]
# Forum for South Africa sê die jongste brandstofprysverhogings is ekonomiese geweld teen landsburgers. Teen middernag vannag word albei grade petrol drie-rand-27-sent per liter duurder, en dieselpryse styg met ses-rand-19-sent per liter. Lampolie sal vier-rand-22-sent per liter meer kos. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die regering moet ophou om agter globale faktore te skuil […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu steun die Appèlhof se bevindings oor die stand van die Vergoedingsfonds vir Beroepsbeserings en -siektes. Die hof het kommer uitgespreek oor die stand van sake by die fonds en aanbeveel dat onafhanklike instellings ondersoek instel. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê werkers sukkel om vergoeding te ontvang vir werksbeserings en gesinne sukkel […]
# Forum for South Africa says the latest fuel price hike is economic violence against citizens. Effective at midnight tonight, the prices of both grades of petrol will increase by three-rand-27-cents per litre, while diesel prices rise by six-rand-19-cents a litre. Illuminating paraffin will go up by four-rand-22-cents per litre. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it supports the Supreme Court of Appeal’s findings on the state of the Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Fund. The court raised concerns about the state of affairs at the fund and recommended that independent bodies consider investigating its affairs. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says workers struggle to receive compensation […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, waarsku die brandstofprys-styging gaan ʼn aansienlike uitwerking op die landbousektor hê met koringboere wat begin plant terwyl sitrus- en aarbeiboere begin oes. Die petrolprys styg môre met drie-rand-27-sent per liter en diesel met ses-rand-19-sent per liter. TLU SA se woordvoerder, Bennie van Zyl, sê boere sukkel om koste laag te […]
# Agricultural organisation, TLU SA, warns the fuel price hikes will significantly impact the agriculture sector, as wheat farmers begin planting, and citrus and strawberry farmers harvest their crops. From tomorrow, petrol prices will go up by three-rand-27-cents per litre, and diesel prices by six-rand-19-cents per litre. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says farmers are […]
# Union federation Cosatu says more must be done to protect workers and the economy from sharp fuel price increases. The federation warns this month’s hikes of petrol, paraffin, gas and diesel will place severe pressure on households and commuters. While it welcomes the government’s temporary fuel levy relief, it argues the support is not […]
# The South African rand weakened on Monday, pressured by a firmer US dollar and a jump in oil prices, as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran weighed on global market sentiment. At midday the rand traded at 16-rand-69-cents against the dollar, down 0.5-percent from its previous close. The US dollar edged higher […]
