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South Africa: Gqeberha Labour Centre Temporarily Closes – Gqeberha in the News

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South Africa: Gqeberha Labour Centre Temporarily Closes: The Gqeberha Labour Centre in the Eastern Cape has been temporarily closed due to a water supply stoppage in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. Source: "Gqeberha" - BingNews. Five armed robbers hit Kragga Kamma Road home: A Gqeberha family was tied up in their home in Kragga Kamma Road, Lakeside, on Monday night while five armed robbers ransacked their house before fleeing with money and other items. Source: "Gqeberha" … [Read more...] about South Africa: Gqeberha Labour Centre Temporarily Closes – Gqeberha in the News

Labour department, Nedlac partners to extend UIF April/May claims – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Labour department, Nedlac partners to extend UIF April/May claims: The labour and employment department has announced that the UIF is to continue processing new Covid-19 TERS claims for April and May. Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. PE police need help to identify a victim who was shot in his face: Detectives from Algoa Park in Port Elizabeth are urgently trying to trace the next of kin of an unknown man who was shot and injured in Missionvale on Monday night. Police Spokesperson … [Read more...] about Labour department, Nedlac partners to extend UIF April/May claims – Port Elizabeth in the News

Keir Starmer wins the Labour leadership contest and vows to unite the party – Lockdown News

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Keir Starmer wins the Labour leadership contest and vows to unite the party: Keir Starmer will replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour party leader and official leader of the UK opposition. Source: "Coronavirus Lockdown" - BingNews. NRL star's hilarious coronavirus scare revealed: Gold Coast Titans hooker Nathan Peats has revealed how he thought he had coronavirus while going through a bad bout of food poisoning. Peats is isolating in the Gold Coast with his family, and ... Source: "Coronavirus … [Read more...] about Keir Starmer wins the Labour leadership contest and vows to unite the party – Lockdown News

Chinese human trafficking accused owe Labour Department R7m, court hears – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Chinese human trafficking accused owe Labour Department R7m, court hears: Port Elizabeth - The seven Chinese nationals who were arrested last year for alleged human trafficking and violation of the country’s labour laws owed the Department of Employment and Labour more than ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. All eyes on Bloem for return Guinness PRO14 derby: Should the Free Staters register a victory, they will maintain their dominance against the men from Port Elizabeth in the … [Read more...] about Chinese human trafficking accused owe Labour Department R7m, court hears – Port Elizabeth in the News

Employers Can Still Be in Violation of Labour Practices Despite ConCourt Judgment – MyPR.co.za

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Employers Can Still Be in Violation of Labour Practices Despite ConCourt Judgment: A legal expert has cautioned employers that they can still be found guilty of committing an unfair Labour practice, despite a recent judgement by the Constitutional Court, easing the burden on employers when dealing with precautionary suspension. Last month the Constitutional Court upheld a judgement passed by the Labour Court which states that an employer is under no obligation to provide an employee with the … [Read more...] about Employers Can Still Be in Violation of Labour Practices Despite ConCourt Judgment – MyPR.co.za

2019 a watershed year for labour market actors in Africa

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Despite the ongoing reorganisation of African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC), the organisation remain key to fast tracking the implementation of sustainable measures to address decent work deficits within the region. Director of International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Director for Africa – Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon told the ARLAC meeting that 2019 will be a watershed year for labour markets in Africa. She said the ILO will be helping member states to achieve the needed … [Read more...] about 2019 a watershed year for labour market actors in Africa

New free labour relations web tool for small businesses

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A free-to-use web tool, which helps smaller businesses with labour relations processes and matters, has gone live. The tool is a joint initiative of the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). It allows entrepreneurs to source information on how to recruit staff; how to manage employees and build sound workplace relationships as well as how to end an employment relationship in a fair manner. The user-friendly tool also has … [Read more...] about New free labour relations web tool for small businesses

Labour Blitz

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As South Africa joined the globe in commemorating International Workers’ Day on Monday, Director General of the Department of Labour Thobile Lamati is expected to embark on an inspection blitz at various work places in the Eastern Cape this week. Lamati will visit the Port Elizabeth Labour offices on Wednesday to look at service delivery issues there focusing on the Compensation Fund and Unemployment Insurance Fund client matters. On Thursday, he will, together with a team of inspectors, … [Read more...] about Labour Blitz

Uitenhage in the news: Harvesting the fruits of his labour

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Harvesting the fruits of his labour: Even though the Uitenhage actor just had his first major role, Nogcazi admitted he also had a passion for theatre and added he would love to be on stage. Meanwhile, former Alexander Road High School pupil John, 29, who plays Litha on Harvest, the youngest ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. Lungisa on the attack at lecture: “You will know some of those, like Pravin. Some of them are from Uitenhage, like Mcebisi Jonas.” Lungisa quoted Tambo speaking at an … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: Harvesting the fruits of his labour

Labour Committee Conducts Oversight in Western Cape

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Labour Committee Conducts Oversight in Western Cape: The Portfolio Committee on Labour will this week conduct oversight in Western Cape. The oversight starts in the Cape Metro and involves unannounced visits in some factories and firms across the Metro, and various programmes administered by the Department. The Committee departs from Parliament at 09h00.Distributed by APO on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.Media filesDownload logo Source: APO - Africa-Newsroom: latest news … [Read more...] about Labour Committee Conducts Oversight in Western Cape

High unemployment highlights need to invest in SMEs

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The latest Quarterly Labour Force statistics put unemployment at over 26.5%, highlighting the desperate need for both government and private sector to prioritise investment into building up entrepreneurial ventures that will drive job creation. According to Mags Ponnan, Head of Customer Value Propositions at FNB Business; SMEs need to be a greater focus area for growth, if we are to decrease the unemployment numbers. * A number of statistics estimate that SMEs account for over 90% of … [Read more...] about High unemployment highlights need to invest in SMEs

Curator Gabi Ngcobo about the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE

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Visit and explore Ngcobo accommodation choices. Click here to submit your favourite Eastern Cape Videos. A MyPE Ngcobo selected video for you: A LABOUR OF LOVE, Weltkulturen Museum 2015, Production: Esper Postma http://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/ A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Museum’s contemporary art collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists. Prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials … [Read more...] about Curator Gabi Ngcobo about the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE

Coega creating jobs

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The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is providing a model for job creation in economically and socially distressed parts of South Africa. According to the financial year 2014/15 Annual Report, CDC created 14 765 direct jobs through various projects in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) and in government infrastructure development programme. This brings the total job creation in the Coega IDZ to 62 142 jobs since inception. "The importance of creating jobs is that it … [Read more...] about Coega creating jobs

SA labour market experiencing a prolonged slump

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South Africa was in the midst of a prolonged slump in the labour market, a labour market index showed on Wednesday. Solidarity researcher Gerhard van Onselen told Fin24 that there was a small recovery in the index but that a prolonged slump in the labour market was a concern. "There is slow or no real growth and retrenchments in some sectors," he said. Despite an increase from 42.9 to 43.4 the index remained below 50, which represented the "break-even level between rising and falling … [Read more...] about SA labour market experiencing a prolonged slump