Today's Labour News

newsThis news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.

weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 23 April and Sunday, 24 April 2016


Chronological with latest web postings at the top


Sunday

Wits School of Public Health receives R108m to produce postgraduates - The New Age

‘Lying’ government workers to get probed - The New Age

DA and United Front not in coalition talks - SABC News

Sol Plaatje University hosts first ever graduation ceremony - EWN

‘Talks underway to make United Front a political party’ - EWN

Bosveld mine owners may shut down operations due to illegal mining - SABC News

Vavi confirms he was approached by DA to form coalition in PE - BDLive

Police reduce new recruits training to eight months – eNCA

Another cop shot in Cape Town in Milnerton robbery on Sunday – EWN

Vavi downplays DA courtship claims - News24

Well-trained public order police and not army should do illegal Marikana RDP evictions – SABC News

Striking CPUT workers vow to remain calm pending feedback from management - EWN

Western Cape MEC Plato joins march after police officer shot in Delft - Sunday Argus

Lily mineworkers face bleak job prospects - Sunday Independent

DA denies report of coalition talks with Zwelinzima Vavi - EWN

DA courts Vavi in quest to take control of Nelson Mandela Bay - SowetanLive

Workers’ demands for a living wage are reasonable: Irvin Jim - Daily Maverick

Metal and engineering wage talks won’t be a smooth ride, warns Irvin Jim - SA Labour News

Highveld Steel: Minister weier om op te gee - Netwerk24

Werklose in hof oor treinwaens wat brand - Netwerk24

‘Jeugwerkloosheid ’n tydbom’: Frans Cronjé – Netwerk24


Saturday

First graduates make history at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley -SABC News

SACP, Cosatu march in Durban on Saturday against 'state capture' - eNCA

Yet another cop killed in Western Cape – EWN

Cell C boss flashy, but not sexist say staff - Saturday Star

Unions seek belated justice for Neil Aggett - Weekend Argus

Cops hunt more suspects in Metrorail arson attack probe – EWN

Outcry after Port St Johns drownings with number of lifeguards down – DispatchLive

We met the Guptas and they're coming back, says Cosatu - News24


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