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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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23 May 2013
 
 
Round Table Discussion on Corporate Governance and the Companies Act
CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR
Thina Siwendu, a director specialising in Corporate Governance at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, held the first of a series of Round Table discussions on corporate governance and the Companies Act...
 
 
16 Apr 2013
 
COSATU: Statement by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, on the meat scandal (16/04/2013)
STATEMENT
COSATU is disturbed to learn that South Africa’s main food retail stores - Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Fruit and Veg City, Woolworths and Spar - have been found to be stocking animal products with...
 
 
09 Apr 2013
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Labour, serves prohibition notice on Golden Walk Mall (09/04/2013)
STATEMENT
The Gauteng Department of Labour has slapped Golden walk mall management with a prohibition notice after a 170 ton mobile crane fell with its boom on a Woolworths store, at Golden Walk mall in...
 
 
04 Apr 2013
 
Brics: How seriously should we take it?
INSIGHT AFRICA
The last fortnight in South Africa has been dominated by the BRICS Forum in Durban and the killing of 13 South Africans soldiers in a clearly botched military exercise in the Central African...
 
 
19 Feb 2013
 
Beware canceling concluded employment contracts – even if the employee has not yet started work
LABOUR LAW MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
The courts have found that the employee is protected by labour law from the moment the employment contract is concluded even if the employee has not yet started work; and even if the contract has...
 
 
04 Oct 2012
 
Imperial Logistics quantifies toll impact, questions privatisation of law enforcement
TOLL ROADS
Tolling on Gauteng’s freeways would add R60-million a year in costs to Imperial Logistics’ operating bill, excluding internal administration fees, said chief integration officer Cobus Rossouw...
 
 
01 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Federation of Unions of South Africa, supports transport unions in wage negotiations (01/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) has come out in support of its affiliated unions organising in the road freight transport sector, the Motor Transport Workers Union (MTWU) and...
 
 
25 Sep 2012
 
SA: Statement by Woolworths, on being named international “Responsible Retailer of the Year” 2012 at the World Retail Congress (25/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Woolworths was shortlisted in recognition of our commitment to our sustainability programme that we call our Good Business Journey through all facets of the business. It recognises our ongoing...
 
 
16 Sep 2012
 
Solidarity: Statement by Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Deputy General Secretary, on court decision on applications embargo from certain racial groups (16/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Trade union Solidarity served process upon the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) on Friday and requested the court to give finality on whether or not an employer may place an absolute...
 
 
12 Sep 2012
 
BUSA: Statement by Nomaxabiso Majokweni, Business Unity South Africa CEO, welcomes the Commission for Employment Equity Annual Report (12/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) welcomes the Commission for Employment Equity Annual Report released in Parliament yesterday. While we are pleased with the progress achieved by the seven...
 
 
11 Sep 2012
 
Solidarity: Statement by Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Deputy Chief Executive, on implications of Woolworths’s racial policy (11/09/2012)
STATEMENT
If Woolworths applies its racial policy to make its labour force representative of the country’s racial demographics, as stated in a letter from the group to Solidarity, then more than 3 000...
 
 
SA: Mildred Oliphant: Address by the Minister of Minister of Labour, on the occasion of the 12th Commission for Employment Equity Annual Report, Cape Town (11/09/2012)
Topics
Director-General of Labour Senior managers and officials of the Department of Labour Chairperson of the Commission for Employment Equity Members of the Commission for Employment Equity Members of...
 
 
Solidarity: Statement by Johan Kruger, Solidarity Spokesperson, asserts that amendments to Employment Equity Act give minister too much power (11/09/2012)
STATEMENT
The new proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Act (EEA) will empower the Minister of Labour to issue regulations forcing companies to apply the national demographics in regions. Cabinet has...
 
 
06 Sep 2012
 
Solidarity: Statement by Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Deputy General Secretary, challenging Woolworths to test its affirmative action policy in Labour Court (06/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Solidarity today challenged Woolworths in a letter to defend its policy of absolute representivity based on the country’s racial demographics in the Labour Court. The trade union proposed that...
 
 
05 Sep 2012
 
Solidarity: Statement by Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Deputy General Secretary, launches public campaign against Woolworths (05/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Today at 12:00 the trade union Solidarity launched a huge campaign against Woolworths after the group failed to retract advertisements for posts for which only black candidates will be considered....
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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