Cosatu’s plan on Eskom is immoral – Cape Chamber of Commerce
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry labelled the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ plan to save ailing power utility Eskom using Government Employees Pension Fund funds as immoral. Cosatu...
View ArticleFund gives public healthcare sector's human resources a boost
About 100 doctors and 34 research graduates, the vast majority of them hailing from severely under-resourced areas, have been absorbed into the public healthcare system as a product of the Public...
View ArticleGroup launched to tackle Compensation Fund issues
A council of concerned industry leaders, the Injured Workers Action Group (IWAG), was launched on Monday, over concerns about what it says is the “technological collapse” of the R60-billion...
View ArticleTwo trade unions demand that SAA business rescue respects workers’ rights
Two trade unions – the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) – have jointly accused the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs)...
View ArticleMillennials making the biggest strides in education
Millennials have made substantial strides in educational outcomes, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke said, releasing the ‘2018 Education and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa’ report, in...
View ArticleNehawu says govt wants to review public sector wage deal
South African public sector union the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) said on Wednesday that the government wanted to review a three-year wage deal with public sector...
View ArticleCosatu: We will collapse the public service if wages are reviewed
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has threatened to strike and "collapse" the public service if government does not honour the current public service wage agreement, Cosatu national...
View ArticleSchneider Electric Academy 4IR energy skills
Electricity management company Schneider Electric’s academy is linked to its global community of practice, and provides training on new energy and electricity management technologies. Schalk Burger has...
View ArticleNational budget funds major science, technology and higher education projects
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has welcomed the allocations made to his departments (Higher Education and Training, and Science and Innovation) in the 2020 national...
View ArticleSector in dire need of transformation
The manufacturing industry, and particularly the metals and engineering sector, is in much need of transformation, says national employer federation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of...
View ArticleSita sponsors cyberlab at school in rural KZN
The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has sponsored an information and communication technology (ICT) laboratory at Manhlenga junior secondary school in Gazini village, in the uMhlabuyalingana...
View ArticleVolatile steel prices to continue in 2020
The volatile prices of domestic steel producers and domestic steel merchants are likely to continue in 2020, says national employer federation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern...
View ArticleDigitalisation beneficial for steel producers
Digitalisation will become an increasingly important strategy for steel producers to achieve a competitive advantage in the market, says metallurgical industry plant and integrated systems provider SMS...
View ArticleStainless steel growth unlikely in 2020
The level of activity in the local stainless steel sector’s value chain has dwindled in the past decade, mainly owing to international competition, low steel prices and the slow growth of the local...
View ArticleAccelerator to help start-up drone companies launched in Gauteng
The first drone (unmanned air vehicle) startup accelerator programme in Africa was launched in Katlehong, south east of Johannesburg, on Friday. The programme is being hosted by the Ekurhuleni...
View ArticleNot all is lost for the construction industry, says AfriSam
The 2020 Budget, as outlined by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni earlier this week, “didn’t give much hope to the construction industry”, construction materials company AfriSam sales and marketing...
View ArticleRamaphosa says key State wage bill savings will stem from lower wage growth,...
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the State's plan to cut the costs of the public sector wage bill does not mean that it also intends to "dramatically" cut the size of the civil service. In his...
View ArticleSkilled trades, technicians, sales and marketing most difficult positions to...
Recruiting agency ManpowerGroup’s thirteenth edition of its yearly ‘Talent Shortage Survey’ has found that skilled trades, technicians and sales and marketing positions top the charts as the top three...
View ArticleNumsa heads to Constitutional Court to have Aveng Trident Steel workers...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has approached the Constitutional Court to seek the reinstatement of 733 workers who were dismissed by Aveng Trident Steel. The steel...
View ArticleLesedi keen to retain nuclear skills built up over years in South Africa
South African engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company Lesedi is keen to use its nuclear expertise and skills in South Africa and other African countries and is also looking to...
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