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Just Transition Framework means South Africa can ‘proceed apace’ with $8.5bn partnership

By: Terence Creamer 5th July 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa says the publication of the Just Transition Framework will enable South Africa to “proceed apace with harnessing the benefits” of the Just Energy Transition Partnership concluded with the US, the UK, Germany, France and the European Union in late 2021. The partnership... →

Unions sign 7% Eskom wage offer

By: News24Wire 5th July 2022 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have accepted Eskom's one-year 7% wage deal have signed an agreement to this effect. This comes after a several-week deadlock in wage talks at the Central Bargaining Forum, which triggered... →

Eskom attributes three stages of load-shedding to wildcat strike

By: Terence Creamer 1st July 2022 Embattled power utility Eskom has attributed three stages of the current load-shedding, which is being implemented daily at between Stage 4 and Stage 6, directly to the illegal strike under way at varying levels of intensity across its coal fleet. Speaking against the backdrop of a resumption of... →

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Eskom CEO André de Ruyter

Police have opened two cases of intimidation related to Eskom protests

By: News24Wire 1st July 2022 Police say they have opened two cases of intimidation related to the unlawful strikes at Eskom, which the power utility has blamed for Stage 6 load-shedding. "One was registered at Belfast Police Station while the other was registered at Hendrina Police Station. Both matters are still under... →

Best practices for small businesses

1st July 2022 Experienced engineers are crucial in such a critical and technically-minded sector as engineering, and it is consequently not surprising that the industry players place a premium on the employment of those who have the years under their belts, says engineering firm Zimile Consulting Engineers CEO... →

Cesa challenges Sanral’s decision to cancel tender

1st July 2022 Industry body Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) is challenging the decision by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) board to cancel critical infrastructure tenders worth R17.5-billion on the basis that the adjudication process was flawed owing to the involvement of... →

TENDER DEBACLE Cesa is challenging Sanral’s decision to cancel 17.5-billion in tenders

MEIBC parties vote to extend 2021 wage deal to non-parties

By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th June 2022 Parties to the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) have voted to extend the three-year agreement reached in the metals and engineering sector in October 2021 to non-parties. The collective main agreement concluded for the period July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2024, will now be... →

Eskom: NUM, Numsa deal with divisions, allege 'fake news' as members reject 7% increase

By: News24Wire 30th June 2022 After a week of protests at Eskom operations that no one has claimed responsibility for plunged the country into Stage 6 load-shedding, two unions are now dealing with members who are pushing for an outright rejection of a new wage offer. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, the... →

Infrastructure delivery key to growing economy, creating local demand

By: Donna Slater 27th June 2022 The construction and development of infrastructure is critical to accelerating demand for associated goods and services, as well as to significantly boost the economy, Infrastructure South Africa investment and unblocking chief director Mashopha Moshoeshoe said earlier this month. Speaking at... →

Numsa claims Eskom provoked the 'rage' that led to protests and more load-shedding

By: News24Wire 27th June 2022 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa laid the blame at Eskom's feet for the protests at power stations that ultimately plunged South Africa into Stage 4 load-shedding late last week. Speaking to Fin24 on Monday, Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola denied any involvement by the... →

Load-shedding to hit stage 4 all weekend after wage talks deadlock – Eskom

By: News24Wire 24th June 2022 Eskom will implement stage 4 load-shedding from 11am on Friday until midnight, and again on Saturday and Sunday from 5am until midnight, amid ongoing unprotected labour action, it said in a statement on Friday. "It is necessary to bolster emergency generation reserves to react to unforeseen... →

Legislation that conflicts with transformation must be revisited – Deputy Labour Minister

By: Thabi Madiba 23rd June 2022 Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi said on Thursday that South Africans need to work hard to strengthen the country’s economy while transforming the labour system. Moloi was speaking during the launch of the Employment Equity Instruments, the New Code of Good Practice on the... →

Cabinet encourages more S Africans to vaccinate as it ends mask mandate

By: Sane Dhlamini 23rd June 2022 Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said on Thursday that while Cabinet welcomed a significant drop in Covid-19 cases in the country, it is urging more South Africans to vaccinate against the virus, as South Africa joins the many countries that have done away with mask-wearing. Joining... →

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla

De Ruyter says immediate renewable energy investment should focus on Mpumalanga

By: Darren Parker 22nd June 2022 State-owned utility Eskom CEO André de Ruyter wants Mpumalanga to be the focal point for investment in renewable energy generation capacity to leverage the province’s well established transmission grid and to mitigate the potential for mass unemployment in the province as coal-fired power... →

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Eskom CEO André de Ruyter

Youth unemployment in need of a united focus – BLSA

By: Donna Slater 20th June 2022 Youth unemployment, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, is a “national crisis” that requires a clear focus if it is to be resolved, says Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso. She says that, although the challenges that led to June 16 being marked as Youth Day – following a dramatic... →

Numsa signs above inflation wage increase with Gautrain operator

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 17th June 2022 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has signed an above-inflation wage increase of 7%, effective July 1, with the Bombela Operating Company (BOC), the agency which is running the Gautrain. In a statement, the union indicates that it has been engaging the employer... →

Eskom’s wage talks raise unions’ ire as dialogue hits stalemate

By: Bloomberg 10th June 2022 Talks between South Africa’s beleaguered power utility Eskom and its biggest labour unions on wages have reached a stalemate, the latest crisis for the utility that’s struggling to boost electricity supply. The unions “responded with dismay” after negotiations failed to reach a conclusion during... →

Ways to overcome challenges when your boiler fails

10th June 2022 Over the past 24 months, companies requiring emergency boiler systems have succumbed to price increases to keep their steam operations functioning. →

STEAM SYSTEMS A spike in boiler hire is directly proportional to an increased uptake in boiler repair services.

Workers must play central role in shaping just energy transition, unions insist

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 10th June 2022 As South Africa continues on its journey towards realising a just energy transition (JET), workers and unions have expressed their support for the move and for alternative sources of energy to be part of the energy mix, provided that labour plays a significant role, that its views are taken on... →

Solidarity lays criminal charges against alleged State capturer participants

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th June 2022 Trade union Solidarity has laid charges of fraud, corruption and violation of the Public Finance Management Act against former Eskom executives Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh and Matshela Koko, as well as former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane. The union says justice has been delayed for too... →

De Lille welcomes European Investment Bank cash injection into Biovac

By: Sane Dhlamini 8th June 2022 Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille has welcomed the European Investment Bank’s (EIB’s) injection of €175-million to South Africa’s specialist human vaccine manufacturer Biovac. The pledge is in close cooperation with the European Union’s (EU’s) injection of €175-million... →

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille

Servest amends recruitment, ESD policies to fight youth unemployment

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 7th June 2022 Facilities management company Servest has revised its employment and entrepreneurial incubation policies in favour of young people under the age of 29, with the company indicating that this is in response to employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for young people in South Africa remaining... →

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Servest Chef Competition

Labour Court rejects Denel’s technical points in dispute over failure to pay Uasa-affiliated employees

By: Donna Slater 3rd June 2022 Trade union Uasa reports that the Labour Court has rejected State-owned defence company Denel’s technical points aimed at further delaying payments to Uasa members, in their dispute over delayed salary payments. The urgent court application brought by Uasa against Denel in April to honour all... →

New MEIBC agreement guided by inputs from employers’ organisation

By: Darren Parker 30th May 2022 The Consolidated Employers’ Organisation (CEO) has secured a “landmark” victory for its members after lengthy discussions with other stakeholders at the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), whereupon a new MEIBC main agreement has been agreed upon. “The agreement was... →

Labour Court scuppers AMSA’s attempts to squash Numsa strike

By: Darren Parker 24th May 2022 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has welcomed the decision of the Labour Court to dismiss the application by steel producer Arcelormittal South Africa (AMSA) to interdict the ongoing national strike at all its plants. Numsa members have been on strike since May 11,... →

Alexforbes launches new transformation policy

By: Darren Parker 19th May 2022 Financial services company Alexforbes Investments launched its new transformation policy on May 19. The policy launch took place in conjunction with the publication of the company’s new Transformation Survey, which helped inform the policy. →

Alexforbes Investments CEO Ann Leepile

Small-scale farming collaborative gains momentum

By: Donna Slater 17th May 2022 The rethinking of food systems for South Africa needs to start with individual food producers on the ground and expand from there – as laid out in a project called “Towards recalibrating food systems during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic”, which started in October 2020. Funded by the World... →

Input into draft National Labour Migration Policy, Employment Services Bill requested

By: Donna Slater 16th May 2022 The Mpumalanga Department of Employment and Labour is inviting stakeholders to make inputs at a May 19 workshop on the draft National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) and the Employment Services (ES) Bill, following their February 28 release. The workshop – to be held at 10.00 at the MacBest... →

Eskom doesn't expect any unlawful strikes as wage saga kicks into gear

By: News24Wire 16th May 2022 Eskom does not anticipate any unlawful strikes or disruptions at its operations while a wage dispute with unions is being dealt with, according to its CEO, André de Ruyter. De Ruyter was briefing reporters on Monday morning about the jump to Stage 3 load-shedding for Monday and Tuesday evening.... →

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Eskom CEO André de Ruyter

PIC welcomes appointment of Standard Bank’s new chairperson

By: Darren Parker 13th May 2022 The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has welcomed the appointment of the new Standard Bank Group chairperson Nonkululeko Nyembezi, who will take office on June 1. Nyembezi’s appointment as a female black chairperson of a major commercial bank is a significant milestone in terms of... →

SARS inches closer to strike as PSA puts tax body on notice

By: News24Wire 13th May 2022 The Public Servants' Association has put the South African Revenue Service on notice that it intends to go on strike after it reached a deadlock with the tax body during wage negotiations. If the deadlock at the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration is not broken ahead of time,... →

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter

York’s Escarpment operations impacted by Numsa strike

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 13th May 2022 JSE-listed York Timber says some employees of the company, affiliated with union the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), embarked on a strike at York’s Escarpment operations on April 25. The strike notice contained only one matter of mutual interest relating to job grading,... →

Numsa to embark on strike at AMSA’s operations from May 11

By: Donna Slater 10th May 2022 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has served steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) with a 48-hour notice to strike after the union rejected AMSA’s wage increase offer. Numsa intends to start the strike at AMSA’s Vanderbijlpark, Pretoria and Newcastle... →

ECSA elects its first female president

By: Darren Parker 6th May 2022 The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) elected its first female president Refilwe Buthelezi following the sixth term council special meeting on May 5. ECSA has not had a female president since its inception, with ECSA stating on May 6 that the election of Buthelezi in the engineering and... →

Unions in passenger bus wage talks ink 6% wage deal

By: News24Wire 6th May 2022 The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (Sarpbac) has announced that unions at the passenger bus wage talks have accepted a 6% wage offer and signed a deal with employers in the sector. This comes after months of tense negotiating between employer representatives and labour at the... →

Mavuso warns State’s potential new powers could be abused

By: Darren Parker 3rd May 2022 The State’s potential new powers that could arise from a permanent ratification into law of various Covid-19 regulations beyond the state of national disaster can be abused, warned Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso on May 3. In her latest weekly newsletter, she added that... →

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BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso

CBE calls for changes in approach to urban development

By: Darren Parker 26th April 2022 Following the mid-April flooding in KwaZulu-Naal that caused widespread damage and killed more than 400 people, the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) has called for new ways of tackling urban development, saying South Africa can no longer repeat what had been done in the past. CBE CEO Msizi... →

CBE CEO Msizi Myeza

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