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Nr. 534 - 11/04/2013

Solidarity and the DCS face each other in court on 22 April over controversial affirmative action plan
By Nico Strydom

The Labour Court in Cape Town announced that the court case of trade union Solidarity against the controversial affirmative action plan of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) in the Western Cape will be heard in the Labour Court in Cape Town from 22 April to 6 May.

According to the DCS’s affirmative action plan, every work place, even at a provincial and regional level, must reflect the national demographics.
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Solidarity wants to limit impact of retrenchments at Sibanye Gold Mine
 Signing of the Iron and Steel Health and Safety Accord
 Three big SA cities struggling with finances

By Inge Strydom

Trade union Solidarity this week regretted the intended retrenchment of 3 000 employees at Sibanye Gold’s Beatrix-West Mine in Welkom, but confirmed that the mining company could not do much to avert the retrenchments.
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By Johan Boning

The signing of the Iron and Steel Health and Safety Accord took place on 27 March 2013.

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By Cilleste van der Walt

Three of South Africa’s metro councils are faced with money problems. The two metro councils who fared worst in RatingsAfrica’s latest financial stability index are two of the biggest role players in the country’s economy, viz. Johannesburg and Tshwane.
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Glass industry’s challenges transparent

The Glass Industry Employers’ Association (GIEA) recently held several bilateral discussions with the top leadership of organised labour concerning the creation of a platform for the parties to engage in open and constructive dialogue. Competitiveness, growth and the long-term sustainability of the industry, which would in turn lead to the protection and creation of jobs, were high on the agenda, reports Cilleste van der Walt.

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AfriForum demands harsh sentences for David Hall’s alleged murderers

The trial of two men accused of murdering dairy farmer David Hall continues in the Potchefstroom High Court this week. Hall and his wife, Bernadette, were attacked on their farm outside Fochville on 20 February last year. Mr Hall was gunned down and killed. His wife was severely assaulted in the attack. 

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Helping Hand places 120 teaching assistants in Afrikaans schools through new programme

Solidarity Helping Hand aims to place 120 teaching assistants in Afrikaans schools by means of Project Teacher.

South Africa is experiencing a shortage of qualified teachers. Some 15 000 new teachers have to be trained every year to meet the entire demand for teachers nationally. Further, just 10% of the functional schools in the country are responsible for a 96% matric pass rate.

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Industry News My work Legal Question

Teachers’ go slow when schools reopen
By Reint Dykema

The Times reports that teachers belonging to the SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) will stage a go-slow when schools in inland provinces reopen this week.
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The three crucial keys to success
By Inge Strydom

Most of us would agree that achieving success is not easy. It takes hard work and dedication (among other things) to be successful.

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When is the suspension of an employee unfair?
By Rizelle Botha

The suspension of an employee can be considered to be unfair in the following circumstances:

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Economic News International News Riddle me this

Employment not back to previous levels yet
By Paul Joubert

The latest figures show that South Africa has not yet again reached the levels of employment that were attained before the recession of 2009. Though employment figures have increased gradually over the past three years, they are still behind pre-2009 levels.
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By Inge Strydom

Britain

Margaret Thatcher, Britian’s first and only female premier, passed away on Monday at the age of 87. Thatcher, who died of a stroke, will receive a cermenonial funeral with military honours.

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The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

Answer: Darkness
Knights and Knaves

By Inge Strydom

Knight

This week’s knights are the cyclists Stephan Schoeman from Centurion and his pedal friend Michael Byleveld. Over the Easter Weekend they, together with some other cyclists, pedalled about 500 km from Dullstroom to Ermelo and from there to Pretoria. They were collecting money that the Bibles for Believers organisation are going to use to buy Chichewa Bibles for pastors in Malawi. At the same time their trailers were packed with Afrikaans, English, Zulu and Ndebele Bibles that they took to the Full Gospel Church in Ermelo. Schoeman and Byleveld are passionate cyclists and the past four years saw them covering about 15 000 km.

Knave

The former municipal traffic chief in Limpopo, Thilivhale Mulaudzi (48), is this week’s knave. At this point in time Mulaudzi has 1 640 charges of fraud and the transgression of the national traffic laws pending against him. Amongst other things he is said to have helped more than 800 people to obtain drivers’ licences illegally. He was arrested in July last year and was released on R20 000 bail in August. Mulaudzi appeared in die regional court in Makhado (Louis Trichardt) this week. However, the case was transferred to the Sibasa regional court this week, where it will be resumed on 20 May 2013.

 

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
- Jean de La Fontaine
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