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Mining cries crisis
Labour unions have welcomed the proposed delay in implementing the new mineral and mining royalties legislation as a good way to protect jobs.
Gautrans rejects bus operators’ claims as untrue
Allegations that the Gauteng Transport Department (Gautrans) owed commuter bus operators payments as far back as June 2007, were untrue, the department said on Thursday. ”Hence,…
Bus subsidy crisis threatens jobs, says union
The non-payment of subsidies by the Gauteng transport department to bus operators could cost thousands of employees their jobs and affect 300Â 000 commuters, trade union…
Nine workers dead in mine accident
Nine miners have died after an accident at the Gold Fields South Deep mine near Randfontein in Gauteng, the chief inspector of mines said on Thursday. Thabo Gazi said he received…
Eskom gets go-ahead for tariff confidentiality
Eskom has been given permission to have ”commercially sensitive” information on its proposed 53% tariff increase withheld from publication, the National Electricity Regulator of…
Zuma needs more than charm to calm unease
A charm offensive by Jacob Zuma may not be enough to dispel deep investor anxiety over whether he will be able to take charge of Africa’s biggest economy, even though he has won…
Eskom wants 53% tariff hike
Eskom has applied for a 53% hike in electricity tariffs, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa announced on Tuesday. It said it had received the application earlier in…
CCMA rules on ‘non-white’ employee fracas
Solidarity on Thursday welcomed a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruling on a charge of unfair racial discrimination in the trade union’s favour.…
Union demands to see report on Sasol explosion
Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday demanded that the Department of Labour publish a detailed report about an explosion at Sasol in which 10 people were killed. ”Solidarity…
Trade union to launch own medical fund
Trade union Solidarity is introducing its own medical fund in a move against what it called "high medical rates", it said on Wednesday. "It’s a non-profit service. We don’t want…
Mining losses could hit GDP by R5,6bn
South Africa’s mining industry could lose up to R9,2-billion in revenue and the country’s GDP could take a knock of up to R5,6-billion as a result of the power restrictions…
Tales from the dark side …
Weddings in the dark, disgusted tourists and business owners leaving the country are some of the effects Eskom’s power failures are having, according to postings on a website…
Outrage mounts over power cuts
Outrage over the country’s ongoing power cuts spread among business, agricultural and political sectors on Thursday as Eskom announced that the risk for continued cuts over the…
Botswana confirms first case of XDR-TB
Health authorities on Wednesday reported the first known cases of virtually untreatable tuberculosis in Botswana. The Health Ministry said there were two cases of so-called…
Manto to meet private hospitals over tariff hikes
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will meet heads of private hospital groups to discuss drastic hospital tariff increases, the Health Department said on Thursday. The…