Eskom’s senior managers – who earn R1.5m to R3m a year – are taking the power utility to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) because they have not been given a salary increase in the past year. Rapport newspaper said on Sunday that between 180 and 200 senior managers wanted a retroactive increase..
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Cash-strapped, Eskom’s top managers who earn R1,5 to R3m a year, demand pay hike since no salary increase was given
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Cyril, your words of safety for White farmers farms are a load of sh*t, farms are under siege – this is why it should worry us all
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I’ve decided to retain this article on Editor’s Choice as it has provoked a huge response and brings into sharp focus the sort of dire consequences of the ANC’s carelessness over expropriation without compensation. This may be considered as an ‘unintended’ consequence of the ANC’s ‘land reform process’. The IRR has argued repeatedly since the..
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Stricter action is expected, but why will changes to the picketing rules in South Africa pose a threat to strikes
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Government recently released a draft of new picketing rules for public comment. These new rules, alongside the 2017 amendments to the Labour Relations Act are intended to change the process through which trade unions can embark on protected strike action.
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Trade union Solidarity accuses Sasol of being ‘reckless’ as strike drags on
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Trade union Solidarity has accused Sasol of compromising safety by replacing its striking members with workers who are not properly trained at the Sasolburg plant.
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Costly Head winds pummel the South African Airways
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Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has demanded an explanation from SAA for its contract with interim chief financial officer Robert Head that will see him pocketing more than R5‑million for six months’ work.
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The nationwide bus strike will enter its sixth day on Monday
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Parties failed to reach a wage agreement during a two-day meeting with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Workers initially demanded a 12% increase and employers offered 7%. The workers have since rejected an offer of 8% for the first year, and 8.5% in the second year, instead proposing a 9.5% increase in the first year and 9% for the second.
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Racial tension over new Sasol empowerment scheme
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The industrial giant, Sasol, and Solidarity will meet with the Commission on Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Thursday’s on the exclusion of white people in the new empowerment scheme, Khanyisa. Solidarity chief executive Dirk Hermann said if the parties could not reach a settlement, it would be the first time the CCMA issued a..
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