The Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, met with the leadership of ArcelorMittal after it announced 3500 jobs would be affected when it closes.
Its Vanderbijlpark plant is expected to shut down, and there are fears of the impact this could have on the surrounding areacurrent affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and immigration in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.
The government wants to save ArcelorMittal's workforce. Images: Department of Employment and Labour/Facebook and Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Imagesare not lost. This was after ArcelorMittal announced it would shut down its Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle plants and railroad operations.of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, met with ArcelorMittal management in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on 17 January to discuss ways the more than 3500 workers jobs could be safe.
Approximately 16,000 teachers could lose their jobs as the department faces a shortfall of R3.8 billion. This means 11,000 posts in KwaZulu-Natal, 2000 in the Western Cape, and 3,400 in Gauteng are in jeopardy.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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