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AI must serve labour, not subjugate it, G20 labour group says

Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Former Fedusa general secretary Dennis George. (Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo)

Dennis George ‘shocked’ in the wake of Fedusa sacking

The federation’s former general secretary has been implicated in a dodgy Ayo listing deal which he claims is a ‘deliberate misrepresentation’

Former Fedusa general secretary Dennis George. (Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo)

Fedusa puts Dennis George on precautionary suspension over AYO deal

George had been placed on special leave on February 6

(Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo)

Fedusa secretary implicated in dodgy PIC deal suspended

George confirmed to the Mail and Guardian that he received a letter placing him on special leave but said it did not have a lot of details

While private businesses did not commit to halting retrenchments, it did agree to a new process before announcing their decision. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Labour regroups after damp-squib jobs summit

The presidential jobs summit failed to yield a moratorium from big business on job cuts, sending labour back to the drawing board

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. (David Harrison/M&G)

Davies: Stronger consequences for government institutions who don’t buy local

The minister said local procurement was a valuable tool to tackle unemployment

The Mail & Guardian reported in 2018 that Mpumalanga has the highest levels of air pollution in the world, topping nitrogen dioxide levels across six continents.  (Marco Longari/AFP)

ANC eyes PIC funds to rescue Eskom

The idea has been floated before but again unions warn that the funds can’t be used to bail out SOEs

Saica’s members that are implicated include former chief executive Andile Ramavhunga and former holding company Vele Investments chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi. (SABC)

Fedusa calls for former PIC directors linked to VBS Bank to be declared delinquent

Fedusa wants the pair to be declared delinquent directors for ‘failing to apply the highest standards of ethics and good corporate governance’

‘It is dark but there is light at the end of the tunnel

Fedusa: Prasa board must not be distracted following hijacking of Prasa chair

Khanyisile Kweyama was pepper-sprayed and bundled into the boot of her car, before being driven around for at least three hours on Thursday evening

In Cape Town

‘We fear for our lives’: Cash-in-transit guards call for more protection

​Hundreds of security guards working in the money transportation industry are calling for more visible policing

The party has denied the allegations made by Thembinkosi Rawula. (Screenshot via YouTube)

EFF spurns minimum wage in National Assembly debate

Labour minister, however, calls the approval of the National Minimum Wage Bill ‘a milestone’

Mobile internet users are required to input a code on their phones to prove payment of the charge before they are able to access certain websites.

Nupsaw rejects public sector wage deal

Nupsaw general secretary Success Mataitsane said the union “rejects this agreement with the contempt it deserves”

Public sector unions said they had allowed the facilitation as a gesture of good faith following the appointment of new Public Service and Administration Minister Ayanda Dlodlo

PSA holds out on signing public sector wage deal

Not all members of the bargaining council are on board with the wage proposal, with Fedusa calling for more time to consult with members

The crux of the issue, says senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Lumkile Mondi, is how to hold the government accountable.

Government wage deal to go ahead

Despite calls for more consultation an agreement is set to be signed on Monday

The City of Tshwane’s failure to apply for a waiver for Aucamp

Saftu strike ‘threatens worker unity’

The strike was ignored by three other federations, who described the action as a miscalculation

The union’s audited financial statements have also not been submitted for 2016 and 2017. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The start of strike season: What to expect

The country is boiling over with industrial action affecting key sectors such as transport, manufacturing and the civil service

Saftu leaders are confident that a number of Cosatu-affiliated unions will join them.

Numsa urges all workers to strike against ‘R20/hour slave wage’

Workers are expected to take to the streets across the country to protest among other things the minimum wage

(Reuters)

Fedusa lashes out at Saftu, calling nationwide strike ‘self-serving’

The union has ‘totally rejected’ calls by Saftu to join it in a nationwide strike against the national minimum wage

Moyane has stated that Ramaphosa violated his rights and acted unfairly by rushing to fire him before his disciplinary process was concluded. (David Harrison/M&G)

Labour welcomes Moyane suspension, calling it long overdue

Trade unions broadly welcomed the suspension of South African Revenue Services Commissioner Tom Moyane on Tuesday.

Newly appointed acting CEO of Eskom, Jabu Mabuza. (Gallo)

Eskom’s new chair is a man of ‘unimpeachable integrity’

The new chair of the Eskom board, Jabu Mabuza has an illustrious history in the South African corporate sector