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Commission for Employment Equity gives poor advice to Minister Oliphant |
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By Piet le Roux Solidarity’s Centre for Fair Labour Practices this week submitted the trade union’s comments on Minister Mildred Oliphant’s controversial draft employment equity codes to the Department of Labour. Dirk Groenewald, head of the Centre for Fair Labour Practices, says Solidarity is convinced that the poor advice received from the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE), on whose advice Minister Oliphant has published the codes, has contributed to the harmful content of the codes. Groenewald says that should the proposed measures contained in the codes be implemented it would leave many South Africans no choice but to relocate. |
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Verdict expected soon in controversial crime intelligence case The Solidarity trade union expects a ruling soon in the controversial crime intelligence case brought by Solidarity against the South African Police Service (SAPS) on behalf of Col Kobus Roos. |
Appointment policy will deny workers’ voice in choice of provisional liquidators – Solidarity Solidarity yesterday has expressed its satisfaction following an interdict granted by the Western Cape High Court last Friday, staying the implementation of the new appointment policy of provisional liquidators. Read more. Click here. |
Economy impacted by number of mineworkers with TB South Africa is a country that has one of the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. According to Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, the high number of mineworkers with TB has a huge impact on the economy. |
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New accord for better safety in chemical sector Solidarity was amongst the signatories of the Chemical Sector Occupational Health and Safety Accord. The accord is an agreement between social partners, including government, organised labour and organised business, as part of an effort to improve the status of occupational health and safety in various sectors in South Africa, amongst others the chemical sector. Read more on page 38. Click here.
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2014 Solidarity Stars in the Community Awards
The Solidarity Stars in the Community Awards are bestowed annually on individuals who make an exceptional contribution to their communities. Members of the public get the opportunity to nominate the stars in their communities for the awards.
Irregular town settlement stopped
By Esmarie Prinsloo
The objections raised by the AfriForum branch in Naboomspruit (Mookgophong) against the proposed RDP housing development of the Mookgophong Municipality was successful. AfriForum opposed plans to push ahead with the development, and the civil rights organisation called a meeting where the Municipality and residents had the opportunity to state their case. The decision was that the entire process had to be redone from the beginning.
Solidarity Helping Hands intervenes in school feeding schemes in Limpopo
By Mariné Jacobs
Needy learners at six primary schools in Limpopo will be able to play and learn with full tummies for the rest of the year. This can be accredited to Solidarity Helping Hand who, by means of its national Lunchbox Project, last week stepped in at some of the schools in this province that do not benefit from government feeding schemes.
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Strike-fatigued workers want to come back to work, say platinum producers Andre Janse van Vuuren reports that platinum mining companies have claimed to be in touch with employees who want to come back to work but who fear being killed by protesters if they do so. |
Are you perhaps your own worst enemy in the workplace? Is it possible to damage your own career without you realising it? Experts caution that people themselves often unknowingly and subtly put a damper on their career development. |
By Ettienne Pio Question: How can Solidarity get access to our workplace? Answer: Employees regularly ask that Solidarity should negotiate within their workplace for better benefits, conditions of service as well as other matters of mutual interest. Read more. Click here. |
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No regulation in cellphone industry would not cause chaos Over the past few weeks the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has been in the spotlight because of new interconnection rates that the Authority wants to introduce but that Vodacom and MTN are trying to block in court. |
By Inge Strydom France’s new prime minister faced by huge challenge France's new prime minister is taking office and diving straight into a huge and thankless challenge: bringing back investors, jobs and hope to Europe's second-biggest economy. |
Manage your blood pressure High blood pressure is a chronic medical condition and the single greatest risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. It is often called the “silent killer” because it has virtually no symptoms and can go undetected for years, damaging your tissues and vital organs. Read more. Click here. |
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By Inge Strydom Knight This week’s knights are those who switched off their electric appliances during Earth Hour last Saturday in order to create awareness about global warming. Various countries participated in Earth Hour on Saturday between 20:30 and 21:30 to make a contribution in the fight against climate change. South Africans alone saved 575 megawatts of electricity during this hour – enough electricity to run a big city such as Polokwane in Limpopo. Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Currently more than 7 000 towns and cities participate every year. Knave President Jacob Zuma is this week’s knave. This comes after the president, in his reaction to the Nkandla Report by the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, which reveals that improvements to the tune of approximately R246 million were made to President Zuma’s private home in Nkandla, refused to refund the money. Zuma is reputed to have indicated at an election meeting on Sunday that he does not intend to pay for the improvements and that the criminal charges brought against him by the DA and the EFF ‘do not hold water’. Zuma had to react to the findings in Madonsela’s report by Wednesday.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
- Charles Darwin
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This is how you can join the Solidarity Running Club You can join the Solidarity Running Club by contacting club chairman Hendrik van der Westhuizen on 082 851 9451 for more information or send an email to atletiek@solidariteit.co.za. |
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