A high-ranking official who has blown the whistle on alleged corruption and also frustrated the approval of payments worth R3-billion in the department of employment and labour is fearing for her life after receiving death threats The official has made allegations of theft, fraud and racketeering against employment and labour Minister Thulas Nxesi in an explosive affidavit […]
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has extended the validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) by a further six months. This after Motsoaledi announced in December 2021 that the ZEP would not be renewed. The six-month extension period starts on 30 June and ends on 31 December 2023. According to Motsoaledi, the extension is to allow […]
Almost two thousand senior managers in government at both national and provincial levels are considered to have no qualification for the position they occupy. This is according to the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) with data taken from PERSAL – the central system used for the administration of the public service payroll – […]
Pretoria – The Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, who was so upset that she had to spend about an hour trapped in a faulty lift that she fired her deputy director-general, has been ordered by court to reinstate her. The Labour Court in Johannesburg made it clear that the minister’s conduct was unlawful as […]
The Black Business Council (BBC) has condemned trade union Solidarity for encouraging white-owned businesses to defy government’s approved policy on black economic empowerment (BEE). On Thursday, Solidarity wrote letters to at least 2 000 major white-owned companies asking the businesses to protest against government’s latest “race laws”. In a letter which we have seen, the […]
The government needs to be decisive and ensure employers comply with the Employment Equity Act 9 May 2023 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has noted the Department of Employment and Labour’s lamentations about the lack of compliance by employers, in particular the banking and financial sector, with the Employment Equity Act. The […]
The enactment of the Employment Equity (EE) Act received a shot in the arm when stakeholders were told that Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi will on Friday publish a notice on regulations on the setting of EE targets. Department of Employment and Labour Chief Director: Collective Bargaining, Thembinkosi Mkalipi, said the Minister has signed […]
Solidarity is gearing up for a court battle to have the latest amendments to BEE and transformation legislation overturned. Solidarity announced this week that it has served court summons on President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Department of Employment and Labour, as well as its minister Thulas Nxesi, disputing the constitutionality of the country’s new BEE and transformation laws. The […]
The employment & labour minister has a history of promising to consult properly and failing to do so before implementing issues such as targets (“Workplace equity delinquents to be barred from state contracts, says Nxesi”, May 3). The Employment Equity Amendment Act gives the minister all-embracing power to set employment targets for each sector. All […]
The Employment Equity Amendment Act has come under fire from black business organisations after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed it into law last month. The Presidency said the act sought to advance the transformation of South Africa’s workforce by setting equity targets for economic sectors and geographical regions and requiring enterprises to develop transformation plans. The […]