Three buildings in the inner city, now transformed into affordable housing units, commemorate their history
The UIF, with surpluses in the region of R156-billion, has helped rescue the embattled retailer, which owns Jet, Edgars and CNA
But the retailer’s recapitalisation plan rests on securing a new investor, and its landlords and lenders being on board.
Should the giant be left to sink or should it be helped to stay afloat in South Africa’s retail storm
Johnny Copelyn’s book raises a deeper debate on the contradictions of labour embracing the trappings of capitalism.
Most members affiliated to the South African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union say they support a proposed wage strike.
The Free Market Foundation has filed a case with the Gauteng North High Court.
The SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has pledged R1-million for the establishment of a formal farm workers’ union.
Subpoenaed bank accounts show former minister did receive a salary that he failed to disclose to Canyon Springs.
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/ 27 January 2012
Capitalist production will always follow those who are prepared to work for the cheapest rates.
Jailed Trilinear boss Sam Buthelezi has refused to give evidence to the Canyon Springs insolvency probe, citing his legal representative’s absence.
The probe into how R100m of union pension money went missing will move to prison — to hear testimony from Sam Buthelezi, a key player in the scandal.
To the tune of a well-known patriotic Cuban song, a group of workers sang the praises of Wayne van der Rheede, the deputy general secretary of Sactwu.
The inquiry investigating the loss of R100-million of clothing workers’ pension funds has subpoenaed the bank records of the Trilinear group.
<strong>Teigue Payne</strong> unpicks a major difference between clothing factories in South Africa and elsewhere.
Richard Kawie’s evidence is regarded as crucial to the inquiry into the missing pension fund money.
Clothing industry employment is stabilising, according to the job-loss database of the SA Labour Research Institute.
Lawyers on the inquiry into the loss of R100-million of clothing workers’ pension fund money are submitting an application to the WC High Court.
Bank records subpoenaed by the liquidation inquiry indicate that Richard Kawie used borrowed pension-fund money to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Apart from poor pay, scores of the predominantly female employees in the textile industry are subjected to appalling working conditions.
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/ 14 October 2011
In a recent article, Teigue Payne demonstrated his poor grasp of journalistic objectivity, says <b> Simon Eppel</b>.
Enoch Godongwana has told a closed liquidation inquiry that he expected to earn an annual salary of R1.5-million when he chaired Canyon Springs.
Owners of ‘non-compliant’ clothing and textile factories are reacting angrily to recent raids by police.
The liquidation inquiry into Canyon Springs, which borrowed and never repaid clothing factory worker’s pension money, was mired in further controversy
Two officials may soon have to explain how they became involved in two struggling companies in which clothing workers’ pension money was invested.
Newcastle remains an area of contention in the local clothing industry and indeed in the national consciousness too, writes <b>Andre Kriel</b>.
Attempts to subpoena Richard Kawie to give evidence that could explain what happened to workers’ pension money have hit a brick wall.
South Africa’s conservative economic policy
may be stable, but it’s stifling transformation, writes <b>Nic Dawes</b>.
The Newcastle clothing industry has become a metaphor for the crucial debate about jobs in South Africa, writes <b>Teague Payne</b>.
The textile and clothing industry urgently needs to get over this narrow-minded dispute around wages, says Renato Palmi, a researcher.
Concerns have been raised about why the office of the Master of the High Court did not appoint a liquidator to take over Canyon Springs Investments 12
Pinnacle Point Group hoped for a further injection of the clothing workers’ pension money, after R260-million of their funds had already been sunked.