No business can survive by selling its products for less than it costs to produce those same products. Hence, Agri SA reckons that the just-announced minimum wages for farmworkers will drive farmers to make tough decisions. As Johannes Möller, president of Agri SA says:
"The 52% increase in the minimum wage for farmworkers, as announced by the Minister Oliphant ... will have drastic implications for this sector and related industries." It's also as well for farmworkers and Cosatu to realise once and for all, that it is government that sets the minimum wage.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has
vowed to strengthen public order policing, and says public order policing in South Africa needs to reflect the ethos of human rights and dignity. Not before time, but it will be an uphill battle, given the somewhat less than stellar record when it comes to police brutality directed at the public, suspects and protesters... Tatane and Marikana spring to mind.
One cannot help but feel that Eskom knows that they will never get the massive hikes they are demanding, but on the basis of go in high and settle for less, the
Eskom public hearings kicked off in Gauteng. More than one player pointed out what impact such hikes will have on poverty, investment and a range of other issues, if granted.
Perhaps one of the first things Eskom could do is stop placing ads on TV telling us how great they are and how they care about us.
Chris Moerdyk asks whether there is
light at the end of the Telkom tunnel, and points that perhaps... there is... and that is good news for consumers who for decades have been subjected to call and internet costs that are way out of kilter with what is reasonable.
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PRETORIA: The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has postponed the planned facilitation process between itself, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and the respective unions around possible retrenchments. 
Boksburg: Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has urged professional bodies to help nurture young talent and assist the youth to gain skills in their particular professional areas. 
Allegations of recruits being abused at the Oudtshoorn Infantry School have emerged in a letter sent by a parent to the SA National Defence Force Union (Sandu), Beeld reported on Monday. 
"The 52% increase in the minimum wage for farmworkers, as announced by the Minister Oliphant this afternoon, has not duly taken into account the implications for agriculture and employment which will have drastic implications for this sector and related industries," said Johannes Möller, president of Agri SA. 
The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has postponed the planned facilitation process between itself, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and the respective unions around possible retrenchments. 
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) in KwaZulu-Natal criticised employers in the clothing, leather and textile industries on Tuesday (29 January) for threatening to cut more than 14,000 jobs. 
The strike by the National Transport Movement (NTM) at South African Airways (SAA) will continue for a 12th day as the union verifies about 260 new membership forms with the assistance of a commissioner from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). 
Tonight on the 
PARIS, FRANCE: A French appeal court has suspended a restructuring plan involving 8,000 job cuts at Peugeot Citroen after court action brought by the CGT union according to the lawyer acting for the workers Fiodor Rilov. 
The new minimum wage for farm workers is R105 a day, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant announced on Monday (4 February). 
Doctors in Gauteng public hospitals are being paid for overtime worked, the provincial health department said on Monday (4 February) 
In a dramatic about turn, the government is set to implement its jobs-for-youth plan despite opposition to it by sections of the ANC and its alliance partners. 
