Mineworkers have not benefited from the country’s economic gains, Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, said on Friday in the commemoration marking the first anniversary of the deaths of 44 people in Lonmin’s Marikana operations outside Rustenburg. “No mineworker is being paid a living wage.
Read this report at Mining Weekly Online. See too, ‘We are demanding R12,500: Amcu’, at Fin24
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sagas brought to mind two popular expressions: “The buck stops here” and “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
The buck stops here was popularised by former United States president Harry Truman, who kept a sign on his desk making this statement. It made the point that responsibility for decisions of the executive and the state ultimately rested with him.
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sagas brought to mind two popular expressions: “The buck stops here” and “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
The buck stops here was popularised by former United States president Harry Truman, who kept a sign on his desk making this statement. It made the point that responsibility for decisions of the executive and the state ultimately rested with him.
Lawyer for the workers who were injured and arrested in Marikana in 2012, Dali Mpofu said Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was criminally liable for the deaths of 34 striking workers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine.
The Health & Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) yesterday sent an open letter regarding the escalating attacks on Emergency Health Services (EMS) staff in the Western Cape to said province’s Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for Health.
Cape Town – Netcare [JSE:NTC] is taking flak from independent pharmacists and a trade union after announcing plans for a long-term outsourcing deal with Clicks.
Netcare, one of SA’s three big private hospital groups, wants to outsource its Medicross pharmacies and hospital retail outlets to health and beauty retailer Clicks.
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