Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Africa: Numsa in three-year wage deal
The Automotive Manufacturers’ Employers Association (Ameo) has reached a three-year pay agreement with the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) …
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South Africa: NEET rates for youth aged 15–24 years, Q2 2019
Over the year to Q2 2019, the unemployment rate in South Africa increased by 1 …
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South Africa: Employment and Labour employs occupational health and safety Inspectors
The Department of Employment and Labour has stated its intentions to employ 500 occupational health and safety inspectors in an effort to drastically reduce the high numbers of illnesses and accidents occurring in the workplace and pay more attention to small businesses, as well as the informal sector where most accidents occur …
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South Africa: Visa-free for 7 more countries
Citizens of Qatar, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Ghana, Sao Tome and Principe may now visit South Africa without a visa …
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South Africa: National Credit Amendment Bill
Companies that have sought to obtain consent to access the credit history of certain job applicants will have an even greater uphill task once the National Credit Amendment Bill receives Presidential approval …
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South Africa: National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill
The National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill currently before the South African President for approval will make misrepresentation of qualifications on CVs a criminal offence …
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South Africa: Working during strike action could be a bonus
The Labour Court has recently ruled that paying bonuses to non-striking employees after a strike does not interfere with the right to strike, provided that such payment is connected to another legitimate reason …
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South Africa: Precautionary suspension: do employees have the right to make representations?
The accepted practice of employers undertaking a precautionary hearing before suspending an employee is no longer necessary …
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South Africa: How much does SA business spend on its employees?
During Q2 2018, employment costs in South Africa – which include salaries and wages, bonuses, medical aid, life insurance benefits, pension benefits, and other employee-related costs – accounted for 14% (or R340 billion) of the total expenditure in the formal business sector …
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South Africa: Britain, SA finalising interim post-Brexit trade deal
The government is poised to sign a trade agreement with the United Kingdom that will ensure that the trade between the two countries – in the event of a No-Deal Brexit – will remain largely the same as when the UK was part of the EU …
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South Africa: Competition Amendment Bill signed into law
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has signed the Competition Amendment Act of 2019 into law …
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South Africa: The ‘extra’ public holidays should know about in 2019
Although there will be an extra official public holiday in 2019 – Youth Day on June 16th – it falls on a Sunday …
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South Africa: Labour minister to review threshold in employment law
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant is currently reviewing The Basic Conditions of Employment Act to determine if the earnings threshold under which overtime must be paid should be updated …
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South Africa: Minimum wage to apply from January 2019
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law late last month, will officially take effect from the 1st of January 2019 …
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South Africa: President signs minimum wage bill, 6 million to benefit (2018)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has passed a new national minimum wage Bill, setting the minimum at 20 rand per hour, or roughly 3,500 rand (US$252) per month for millions of workers in South Africa …
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