Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Africa: Rand Merchant Bank introduces robots into the bank
The Rand Merchant Bank has established a Robotics Centre of Excellence to automate back office tasks …
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South Africa: NUM union signs three-year wage deal in coal sector
Confirmation has been received of a three-year wage deal between South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the leading coal producers …
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South Africa: Labour Laws Amendment Bill
The Labour Laws Amendment Bill has now passed through parliament and now awaits approval by the National Council of Provinces …
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South Africa: National minimum wage bill submitted to Parliament (2017)
A Bill has finally been submitted to Parliament establishing a national minimum wage …
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South Africa: Satawu Chubb security guards on strike
A strike at the company Chubb Fire and Security is being organized by the Satawu trade union …
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South Africa: New minimum wage for the security sector
The new minimum wage for the security sector became effective this month, with rates rising by 6 …
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South Africa: Family responsibility leave
A proposal is currently before the National Assembly (NA) which would replace the initial use of family responsibility leave, particularly in the context of adoption and taking charge of a surrogate child …
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South Africa: Graft scandal
A major scandal in South Africa has emerged concerning the state President Jacob Zuma, a leading business family and KPMG …
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South Africa: A three-year wage deal for engineering workers
The South African trade union Solidarity and four other unions have agreed a three-year wage deal with the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa covering engineering workers across the country …
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South Africa: Tax proposal on foreign income
Nationals of South Africa who work as expatriates abroad could soon face the prospect of having to pay the same rate of tax as those working at home …
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South Africa: Collective agreement dispute
The trade union Solidarity has made an application to the Labour Court to place the negotiating body “The Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council” into administration …
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South Africa: Rulings concerning the tax treatment of commuter transport
Two rulings by the South African Revenue Service have recently been made concerning the tax treatment of free or subsidized commuter transport …
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South Africa: Majority principle holds sway
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has decided that a controversial section of the Labour Relations Act is not unconstitutional …
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South Africa: New Income Tax rates
In his latest budget Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has introduced a new upper income tax bracket for the country’s 100,000 taxpayers earning over R1,500,000 a year (US$115,000) …
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South Africa: Parental and adoptive leave
The Labour Law Amendment Bill is just passing through its committee stage in the national parliament …
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