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The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) has rejected a proposed commission of inquiry into claims of a plot against former deputy president Jacob Zuma. ”The commission of inquiry on its own can’t resolve the underlying political problems we face,” Cosatu President Willie Madisha said on Thursday.
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The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has not succeeded in negotiations with their staff over a wage dispute. According to a statement on Wednesday, the Commission Staff Association is preparing to poll its membership on whether to strike, following the deadlock in salary negotiations.
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Four New National Party MPLs have crossed the floor to the African National Congress, giving the ANC an outright majority in the Western Cape legislature, while former Western Cape police commissioner and member of the Western Cape legislature Lennit Max has crossed the floor to the DA.
High-level expulsions rocked the United Democratic Movement on Wednesday, just hours before the doors were to open for South African politicians to switch parties. The floor-crossing window is open from September 1 to 15, and South African politicians spoke to the Mail & Guardian Online about its pros and cons.
The first port of call for South Africa’s beleaguered employees is the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). But where do those who work for the CCMA turn? The commission faces possible strike action following a deadlock in salary negotiations with its employees’ assocation.
”I still hear the sounds of people being beaten in prison. I will never forget it. It’s terrible,” said opposition MP Roy Bennett. He was addressing the Johannesburg Press Club this week, en route home from a two-month visit to Britain, where he spent time recovering from eight months in Zimbabwean prisons.
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille says the Democratic Alliance is a small white boys’ club.
"No, I would not," Pick ‘n Pay CEO Sean Summers answered adamantly when asked whether he would have joined recent strike action if he were an average worker in his company. Reesha Chibba spoke to the man who has led his company through two major crises: the poisoning scare in 2003 and this year’s massive, 11-day strike.
The officer investigating the case against Donovan Moodley — who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of student Leigh Matthews — will investigate the possible involvement of others in the crime. Superintendent Piet Byleveldt said although the case against Moodley (25) was closed, there were certain aspects of it that could still be probed.
”That’s disgusting!” shouted a family member of slain student Leigh Matthews when murderer Donovan Moodley reached out to touch his fiancée’s hand as he passed her when the court adjourned for tea on Thursday. Final arguments in the trial of Moodley will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday.