Unions and gold producers met on Wednesday with a mediating authority in a bid to prevent a strike over union demands for a wage increase.
Solidarity and the National Union of Mineworkers in the gold mining sector have rejected a 6% pay increase in ongoing wage talks.
One child is raped in South Africa every three minutes, a report by trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
The Solidarity labour union said on Tuesday it had rejected an offer for a 6,5% wage increase made by coal producers.
Solidarity has asked telecommunications giant Telkom for a wage increase of 16% on basic salaries, the union said in a statement on Wednesday.
Food prices at major supermarkets have increased an average of 5,5% since January, trade union Solidarity said on Sunday.
Solidarity has declared an internal dispute with Telkom regarding the handling of wage negotiations, the union said on Tuesday.
Pamodzi Gold has asked the JSE to suspend the trading of its shares on the exchange, the company said in a statement on Friday.
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/ 25 February 2009
South Africa’s targeted headline consumer price index inflation slowed to 8,1% year-on-year in January but was above forecasts.
Labour unions have welcomed the proposed delay in implementing the new mineral and mining royalties legislation as a good way to protect jobs.
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/ 23 December 2008
Mining deaths have dropped by 23% despite the absence of a presidential audit report, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
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/ 18 December 2008
Retrenchments in the South African mining industry could be reduced by 40% to 60%, Solidarity deputy general secretary Dirk Hermann said on Thursday.
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/ 15 December 2008
Trade union Solidarity said on Monday that it expects many things will start going right for the country in 2009.
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/ 12 December 2008
Solidarity has suggested “social contracts” between employees, companies and shareholders as a way of minimising the impact of job cuts.
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/ 11 December 2008
Murray & Roberts is planning to lay off 1 400 workers as tough economic conditions limit the firm’s ability to expand, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 9 December 2008
All the odds seem to be heavily stacked against South Africa’s goal of halving unemployment by 2014, industry players said late on Tuesday.
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/ 4 December 2008
Consolidated Murchison, a division of Metorex, has entered into consultations with trade unions regarding the possible retrenchment of 400 employees.
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/ 3 December 2008
Another 1 000 permanent and contractual jobs could be lost in the mining industry, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday.
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/ 2 December 2008
As the last month of the year began, prospects for a good 2009 for South African mineworkers grew dim as possible large-scale retrenchments loomed.
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/ 11 November 2008
Canadian-based uranium producing company Uranium One will retrench over 1 000 employees, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
A skills shortage in the SAA technical division could cause problems in retaining US approval to operate on its routes, Solidarity warned on Monday.
Allegations that Investec conducted insider trading or misled the public over inflation have been dismissed for now, the FSB says.
No insider trading took place at Investec, Solidarity said on Thursday.
Hundreds of ”poor whites” from the Bethlehem informal settlement in Pretoria West will meet ANC president Jacob Zuma on Thursday, Solidarity says.
Trade union Solidarity has signed a 12% wage increase for its members with Sasol Mining, the union said on Thursday.
Trade union Solidarity on Friday said 100 of its members were trapped 900m underground at Gold Fields’ Beatrix mine outside of Welkom in the Free State
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African National Congress president Jacob Zuma expressed surprise at the level of poverty among white people during a tour of an informal settlement outside Pretoria on Friday. ”I did not think it was at this level,” he said as he talked with the small, poor white community living at Bethlehem.
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Common ground on affirmative action should be found, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told a largely white Afrikaner gathering on Thursday night. He told union members that they had no home other than South Africa and as such, their concerns should be taken seriously.
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/ 30 January 2008
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 to make millions out of the sick, but make private healthcare more accessible to the people of South Africa," said Jaco Kleynhans, Solidarity spokesperson.