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Employees of thirty municipalities may not receive salaries due to a shortage of funds – caused by lack of skill of councils and mismanagement of funds

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It appears that thirty municipalities do not have enough funds to pay their workers at the end of June.

This causes medical aid, pension contributions and other policies to fall in arrears and workers are at risk of discontinuing benefits from providers.

The latest report shows that municipalities struggle with debt over billions of rand’s and that only a small percentage of the councils received a clean audit report caused by incompetent councils and mismanagement of funds.

-Read the original article in Afrikaans on die Vryburger
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State-owned Denel has cash flow problems and can only pay workers a portion of their salaries

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Denel said that they could only pay employees 85% of their salaries for the work done in the month of June.

Group Chief Executive Officer, Danie du Toit said in a statement, “The management of Denel is working tirelessly to ensure that delayed portions of salaries will be reimbursed to employees as soon as possible.”

Du Toit says the management of Denel acknowledges the inconvenience caused by the decision, in particular the late communication. However, at the time the decision was made, the company had no alternative but to go this route.

Those staff members who bank with First National Bank will receive 85% of their salaries on Tuesday (June 25) and other employees on Wednesday (June 26).

“Due to ongoing liquidity challenges we are now faced with the unfortunate reality that the company is not in a position to fulfil the 100% salary obligation for June 2019,” Du Toit said.

The statement went on to say that the sh
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MultiChoice plans to cut 2,194 jobs – Seems like the pay channel is losing revenue after the Ghoema and Steve Hofmyer debacle

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MultiChoice may retrench over 2,000 employees in its call centres and walk-in customer service centres, according to a statement from the ICTU trade union.

ICTU spokesperson Thabang Mothelo told MyBroadband that the plan was put in place without the union being consulted, and they are convening urgent meetings to address the issue.

In a statement to media, MultiChoice said that it will enter into a consultation process with 2,194 of its employees “within Customer Care and the Walk-in Centres”.

This is part of the “strategic realignment of its customer service delivery model”, said the company.

“The realignment is a response to the changing behaviour of its customers, who are increasingly moving away from traditional voice calls and visits to Walk-in Centres and adopting new self-service and digital technologies to engage with the company.”

MultiChoice said it will make new roles available for multi-skilled employees.</p
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Amcu workers inks R14 000 deal – most of the labourers did not even pass Grade 12 – what a huge remuneration for unskilled workers

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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has signed a wage agreement with Rustenburg-based Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine, which will see miners paid a basic wage of R14 309 a month in the third year of a three-year agreement.

This is substantially less than the R17 000 a month Amcu is demanding from major employers Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater.

The agreement could lay the foundation for a looming showdown in the platinum sector ahead of the wage negotiations with other companies and unions in the industry.

Amcu’s rival union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), has rejected the agreement with Siyanda, saying its members demand an increase of 6%.

NUM deputy general secretary and chief negotiator William Mabapa admits that it could face problems when it meets Siyanda later this month to renegotiate the deal, because it is the minority union at the company.

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Mining groups lay down workers due to heavy financial losses, SA economy troublesome while unemployment rate continues to rise

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The Sibanye-Stillwater mining group retrenched 3,450 of its workforce in gold mines, which is nearly half the number expected.

An updated report on the reduction of its workforce, especially the Beatrix and Driefontein gold mines, points out that the decision was necessary after the five-month strike after consensus was reached on retrenchments.

Only one shaft in the Driefontein mine continues to produce, which indicated that nearly 6,000 permanent workers and 800 contractors would be retrenched at Beatrix and Driefontein.

The heavy losses of the mines eventually resulted in 3,450 permanent workers being retrenched, as well as 550 contractors.

Driefontein’s number 8 remains in production with only about 970 workers and 55 contractors.

-Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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Why must it always be a black and white thing? – SATAWU strike against salary differences between black and white mariners will shut down Transnet ports across SA

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said on Tuesday its members would shut down the country’s ports on Thursday as part of a strike against salary discrepancies between black and white mariners.

Negotiations between the union and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) collapsed this week.

If the strike goes ahead it would have a devastating impact on the economy as the ports authority controls and operates all eight commercial seaports along the country’s coastline.

In a statement, Satawu spokesperson Zanele Sabela said black staffers were being paid lower wages than their white counterparts and the state-owned company had failed to address the anomaly despite acknowledging its existence.

“Following the granting of the strike certificate, TNPA called on Satawu to put off the industrial action, saying it wanted to negotiate. The parties held two robust meetings but could not reach a satisfactory ag
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Num and ANC bumped heads over the restructuring of Eskom, union threatening to shut down power supply

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The Num trade union is directly in line with government’s suggestion that Eskom should be “unbundled”.

Ramaphosa’s assurance that workers will not lose their jobs is not in line with Pravin Gordhan’s statement that Eskom will offer its workers a severance package.

Num threatened that they would bring the country’s power supply to a halt if there was no clarity about the future of workers.

Meanwhile, Ramaphosa was stranded for hours while waiting for a metro train during the ANC recruitment campaign.

The delay was caused by power failures and poor service by the rail agency.

Gordhan’s statement that heads will be rolling as a vague opportunity considered by political analysts.

By: The Vryburger
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Guptas at it again – workers unpaid but lavish R100m double wedding planned – most likely funded by the ANC-regime?

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The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi where the Gupta family are reportedly hosting a lavish double wedding in February 2019.

The Guptas are reported to be hosting a lavish double wedding at a palatial hotel in Abu Dhabi.

The AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism published a nine-page wedding invitation on Friday and said the bash, an event lasting five days between February 19 and 23, could end up costing as much as R100m.

“The wedding is a double-feature, with Rajesh ‘Tony’ Gupta’s daughter Shubhangi Singhala marrying Chetan Jain and Atul Gupta’s son Srikant Singhala tying the knot with Akhya Bansal.

“This is the third publicly lavish wedding the family has funded,” said AmaBhungane.

The logos of Gupta companies in South Africa, including the Koornfontein mine where miners have gone unpaid, are featured in the wedding invitation.

The publication said a request for comment direct
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Violent actions by groups of striking AMCU members are causing havoc and mayhem at Sibanye-Stillwater

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Sibanye-Stillwater advises that violent actions by groups of striking AMCU members close to its Beatrix operations in the Free State province, have continued.

In the early hours of the morning on 11 December 2018, various altercations between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and large groups of AMCU members resulted in a
number of employees being injured.

Several employees are receiving medical treatment, with one sadly in a critical condition.

These incidents took place outside of demarcated picketing areas and in clear contravention of the interdict obtained by Sibanye-Stillwater from the Labour Court on 22 November 2018, the picketing rules which were established by the CCMA on 29 November 2018 as well as the subsequent order by the Labour Court on 5 December 2018.

The situation at the Beatrix operations in particular, remains tense, with striking workers continuing to intimidate non-striking workers, cause damage Sibanye
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