MONDAY, 5.00PM DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo President Laurent Kabila arrived in the Namibian capital Windhoek on Monday morning for a two-day official visit, during which a major Windhoek street will be named after him. Kabila, on his second official visit to an African state since he took power in May, was due to hold […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM THE Labour Court has acted decisively against labour consultants hoping to represent employees before the court of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration by masquerading as unionists or officials of employer organisations. The Labour Relations Act prevents labour consultants from appearing in the Labout Court or CCMA, specifying that parties can only […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: ALL Blacks coach John Hart added three new players to the 23-member squad to play against South Africa in a tri-nations match on Saturday July 19 at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Mark Cooksley, Canterbury Crusaders’ captain Todd Blackadder and Jon Preston were added to the squad. Preston was recalled to the squad […]
NO CERTIFICATES GAUTENG’s 1996 matriculants are still without certificates because issuing of the certificates was scheduled for after the supplementary examinations. Only 62 000 of the 79 000 matriculants have certificates. Gauteng education MEC Mary Metcalfe said because some candidates have been involved in irregularities, certificates are being re-checked. HEADLINE HERE THE Australian Deputy Prime […]
Ferial Haffajee GOVERNMENT has begun to reap the benefits of the new Labour Relations Act, with disputes increasingly being institutionalised. This has meant less action on the streets. Andrew Levy & Associates says strikes for the first half of the year dropped by more than a third compared with same period last year. Consultant Gavin […]
BP is using a secretive security firm to guard its oil rigs and staff in a `red zone’, report Michael Sean Gillard and Melissa Jones in Casanare, Colombia EVER since the giant British Petroleum company (BP) arrived in the Andean foothills of eastern Colombia eight years ago, its security operation there has been shrouded in […]
FRIDAY, 4.00PM THE North-West province government on Friday announced stringent austerity measures to be instituted with immediate effect in an attempt to reduce provincial and national debt and address developmental backlogs in the province. Included in the measures, announced in Mafikeng by acting premier Zacharia Pitso Tolo, is a ban on new vehicle and equipment […]
FRIDAY, 10.15AM: THE South African rugby team suffered a double blow on Thursday — two injured Springboks were ruled out of the third Test Match against the British Lions at Ellis Park stadium on Saturday. Fullback Andre Joubert suffered a groin Injury during a training session in Johannesburg, and reserve flyhalf Boeta Wessels strained a […]
The old regime has been blamed for a large discrepancy in the Census 96 figures. But the man who built the apartheid model defends his numbers. Gaye Davis and Mungo Soggot report THE old guard in charge of counting South Africa’s population has crossed swords with the new in the wake of this week’s revelation […]
Numsa’s new general secretary aims to bridge the gap between the rank-and-file and union leadership, reports Ferial Haffajee THE switchboard-operator of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is used to it by now. “That’s Mbuyi, M-B-U-Y-I,” she spells out for callers who want to speak to the union’s new leader. Numsa’s general […]