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Labour Broking

Labour battle: Labour brokers back in court
Business
/ 29 August 2020

Labour battle: Labour brokers back in court

Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t

By Sarah Smit
Bye, brokers: Hello, service providers
Article
/ 10 August 2018

Bye, brokers: Hello, service providers

Labour brokers were reined in by the Concourt, but they are already trying to exploit loopholes

By Sarah Smit
Retrenched gold miners caught in a Catch-22
Article
/ 13 July 2018

Retrenched gold miners caught in a Catch-22

Pan African Resources closes Evander Gold Mine, leaving its former workforce out on a limb

By Sarah Smit
A make-or-break case for the labour-broking sector reaches top court
Article
/ 20 February 2018

A make-or-break case for the labour-broking sector reaches top court

Labour brokers are fighting a law that advances calls to ban the practice

By Sarah Smit
Heineken issue ferments: Labour-broking shows few signs of disappearing
Article
/ 1 November 2017

Heineken issue ferments: Labour-broking shows few signs of disappearing

Workers want permanent jobs as the company allegedly tries to evade new labour-broker laws

By Sarah Smit
Cheap labour could cost bosses in the long term
Article
/ 14 May 2015

Cheap labour could cost bosses in the long term

By using casual workers instead of employing permanent staff, firms may leak productivity.

By Sarah Evans and Nathi Chonco
How labour broking almost broke the post office
Article
/ 2 March 2015

How labour broking almost broke the post office

A new critique of casualisation at the parastatal – and its demise – could have wider lessons for reducing economic inequality in South Africa.

By Sarah Evans
Nzimande heaps scorn on labour brokers
Article
/ 4 June 2012

Nzimande heaps scorn on labour brokers

The government should not do business with companies that use labour brokers, SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande has said.

By Sapa
‘Rushed’ labour Bills under fire
Article
/ 30 March 2012

‘Rushed’ labour Bills under fire

Business has claimed that "irrational" labour Bills were passed before a final Nedlac report and were not properly assessed by stakeholders.

By Staff Reporter
New Bills do little to ease labour broking fears
Article
/ 22 March 2012

New Bills do little to ease labour broking fears

Cabinet has approved the two Bills dealing with labour broking without heeding the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ call to ban the practice.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 March 2012

Business council dips into labour broking debate

The Black Business Council says regulating rather than banning labour brokers would be a preferable solution to the controversial situation.

By Staff Reporter
The rabble at ANC’s gates
Article
/ 9 March 2012

The rabble at ANC’s gates

The journey to Mangaung has come across a few stumbling blocks.

By The Editorial
Rise of the gentlemen unionists
Article
/ 9 March 2012

Rise of the gentlemen unionists

Cosatu has tried a more measured approach
to attain its economic policy goals and it seems to be working.

By Staff Reporter
Cabinet eager for end to labour broking debate
Article
/ 8 March 2012

Cabinet eager for end to labour broking debate

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane says Cabinet has called for the protracted debate on labour broking at Nedlac to be finalised soon.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 March 2012

No love for Malema at Cosatu’s Polokwane protest

Incidents of intimidation and disruption of services characterised Cosatu’s national strike against labour brokers and the e-tolling system.

By Staff Reporter and Sapa Afp
ANCYL thumbs nose at ANC by joining Cosatu march
Article
/ 7 March 2012

ANCYL thumbs nose at ANC by joining Cosatu march

The ANC’s young lions are set to confront the government by joining Cosatu’s national strike against labour brokers and the e-tolling system.

By Staff Reporter
Cosatu lashes new labour-broking law
Article
/ 7 January 2011

Cosatu lashes new labour-broking law

Cosatu has accused the ANC and the government of soft-pedalling on labour broking to shield politically connected business people.

By Matuma Letsoala and Tarryn Harbour

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