Cosatu calls for national strike over brokers, tolls

Cosatu has called on teachers to lead a strike its members will hold in a month's time against labour brokers and proposed toll roads in Gauteng.
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Going for broke: Is Cosatu missing the point?

Cosatu's call for a labour broker ban has been cast in a new light by research showing a quarter of jobs created since 1994 were filled by brokerages.
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NUM, Implats make up without CCMA intervention

A wage dispute at Impala Platinum has been resolved between it and the National Union of Mineworkers, leaving no need for the CCMA, the parties say.
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Companies improve on BBBEE ratings

Business advisory group KPMG says companies operating in South Africa have improved their broad-based black economic empowerment ratings.
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Eskom ordered to raise pay

Eskom has been ordered to raise its wage increase to the National Union of Mineworkers by at least 1%.
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One in three workers live in poverty

World needs to create almost 600-million jobs in order to tackle unemployment caused by recession.
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State provides support for job creation, says Zuma

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, President Jacob Zuma said the state is not the primary job creator in South Africa.
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5 000 Impala Plat workers out of a job

Impala Platinum Mine has dismissed 5 000 workers in Rustenburg after they embarked on a salary-related illegal strike, the company says.
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Job creation needs radical turnaround to reach target

South Africa aims to create five million jobs by 2020 but has only created 624 000 in the last decade, according to a survey released on Monday.
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Cosatu calls for protests over solar sector jobs failure

Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government's failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
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Government can't continue driving job growth

Researchers say an increase in public sector jobs is not sustainable to drive job growth in SA, adding a 40% growth is needed to reach the target.
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Tough job to find the right skills

Certain economic sectors are facing severe shortages but others are oversupplied, writes Lisa Steyn.
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Index reveals significant job growth in December

According to the Adcorp Employment Index, over 100 000 new jobs were created in December 2011 with temporary work growing the fastest.
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Sacci slams illegal toll plaza strike

The chamber of commerce and industry says the impact of an illegal KwaZulu-Natal toll plaza strike will impact the transportation of goods.
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Solidarity confirms further layoffs at Sappi

Trade union Solidarity confirmed having received four section 189 layoff notifications from Sappi, which affects about 959 employees.
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NUM wants First Uranium CEO axed

The National Union of Mineworkers has urged First Uranium to fire its CEO after the mining company announced it might retrench 1800 mineworkers.
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Labour-law review looks at brokers

Negotiations on the review of South Africa's labour legislation reached an advanced stage.
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Formal, non-agricultural jobs up 59 000

A Statistics SA survey has shown the formal non-agriculture sector has seen a rise of 59 000 jobs for the third quarter of the year.
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Workers could get say in executive pay

The British Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has committed the government to a crackdown on excessive executive pay.
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South Africa's labour market in 'shambles'

The latest Adcorp Employment Index has found that a rethink was needed on South Africa's 'shambles' of a labour market.
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