In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 30 June 2016.
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Journalists picket on Friday in support of SABC colleagues The Star reports that throngs of media workers were expected to picket outside the SABC offices in Joburg and Cape Town on Friday morning. This will be in solidarity with journalists suspended for standing up against a censorship policy that has been likened to apartheid-era tendencies. Suspended SABC journalists’ disciplinary hearings start on Friday morning TMG Digital reports that the disciplinary hearings against three SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists who had been charged with misconduct started on Friday morning. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Durban construction worker ‘pushed’ to death off building, colleague arrested News24 reports that police are investigating the murder of a construction worker who plunged to his death at a Durban construction site on Currie Road on Thursday. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Less tension expected in upcoming wage talks in platinum sector Financial Mail writes that wage negotiations this year in the platinum sector are quite likely to progress more smoothly than in the recent past, despite some early warning signals. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Wage talks between Numsa and auto component firms break down Reuters reports that wage talks between the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and employers in the auto component sector hit a deadlock on Friday.
Two busses torched in Durban on Friday ahead of expected drivers’ strike TMG Digital reports that two busses were set alight in the suburb of Morningside in Durban on Friday. It is suspected that the incident was linked to a Durban Transport Bus strike expected in the city later in the day. Nehawu members call truce at Parliament and return to work News24 reports that Parliament's disgruntled National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) members called a truce with management by going back to work on Thursday.
Popcru hands over demands to three Eastern Cape departments at march on Thursday DispatchLive reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in the Eastern Cape has given government seven days to respond to demands by its members employed in the security cluster.
EFF, Tshwane Metro lock horns on Thursday over contract workers ANA reports that two Tshwane deputy city managers participated in a heated meeting with members of the EFF and the #OutsourcingMustFall movement on Thursday after scores of contracted workers blocked off the city’s Isivuno head office, demanding permanent jobs.
Looming layoffs at Times Media could see 65 jobs lost The New Age reports that looming retrenchments at the Times Media Group may leave 65 employees without jobs in two months. Tribunal okays SABMiller takeover, with tweaks to layoffs and some other conditions Business Report writes that the Competition Tribunal has approved a merger between SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev, which will create the largest beer brewing company in the world.
Nzimande opens new TVET College in Thabazimbi SABC News reports that the youth of Thabazimbi in Limpopo have welcomed the opening of a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college in their area.
Public Investment Corporation’s investment policies anger Cosatu Bloomberg reports that labour federation Cosatu says it will step up pressure on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages the pension funds of state employees, to invest more aggressively in infrastructure and other projects to alleviate poverty.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Thursday, 30 June 2016 at SA Labour News
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