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The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured
The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die
Salaries account for 65% of the South African Bureau of Standards’ total operating costs
Three unions say the selection process for workers to be sacked was “flawed” and question why the cash-strapped public broadcaster hired an external marketing agency
As well as the retrenchments, the financially burdened public broadcaster is also considering cutting leave days from 35 to 28 and freezing salary increases for three years
The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies
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A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation
Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the cash-strapped airline.
Women workers are more likely to lose their jobs in the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, slowing gains made over recent years
702 has recently lost a number of high-profile presenters. It says this is part of a shift to gain listeners. But insiders say something is rotten
More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices
The national broadcaster has rejected claims that it did not follow correct retrenchment and audit processes
Draft agreement document spells out that R1.5-billion will be needed to fund severance packages for 2 400 of the airline’s employees
The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future
Choosing this path would create work for many while also building the infrastructure that the country needs
The minister is also expected to announce talks with unions towards a new airline after the shut-down of the cash-strapped national carrier
As SAA subsidiaries declare hardship to staff, business-rescue practitioners urge them to sign agreements to save severance payouts
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
The Covid-19 lockdown means wealthy citizens must take a long-overdue look at our privilege. Now is the time for cross-class solidarity
The business rescue practitioners say 29 of the fleet of 48 planes, various routes and inefficient services also need to go in the state-owned airline is to survive
The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan
The Labour Court dismisses an application by Numsa and Sacca to have planned job cuts at SAA scrapped
Not a year into buying Lonmin, Sibanye is accused of mistreating the mineworkers who were injured eight years ago during the Marikana massacre. But the platinum giant says it is a miscommunication. Athandiwe Saba and Paul Botes visit Marikana to find out the truth
We must remember the 44 people killed and 78 injured in main part to prevent such actions being repeated
After announcing weak financial results for the first half of 2019, the steel manufacturer is planning to cut more jobs to be able to operate
‘Getting retrenched opened up a lot of doors for me’
At BuzzFeed, it was the second wave of job cuts in 14 months
The SABC has clarified that the retrenchment talks with unions and the CCMA have been put on ice for now until the board has been sorted out
The broadcaster’s savings from cost-cutting are far less than the money needed to rescue it
The broadcaster has announced mass retrenchments in the wake of financial woes, but unions say workers are the victims of an uncreative board
Air Chefs, the catering arm of SAA, has launched a consultation process with unions that may lead to job losses