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 Tuesday, 12 July 2016


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Dept of Labour inquiry into Grayston Bridge collapse continues on Wednesday - SABC News

Nelson Mandela Bay unemployment rises as LGE 2016 draws near - SABC News

Uber drivers protest after hijacking, saying cash system puts them at risk– GroundUp

Man seriously injured in tanker explosion in Chloorkop‚ Johannesburg – TimesLive

Education no job guarantee in SA: IMF - Fin24

Cosatu threatens strike over Cape Town transport woes - BDLive

Only 6% of South Africans save enough for retirement - eNCA

Joburg Metrobus strike ends as company agrees to train bus drivers as inspectors - BDLive

Striking Metrobus drivers get offer, strike ends - eNCA

Old Mutual and Standard Bank evacuate staff in South Sudan after violence - BDLive

Eskom subsidiary Rotek engineering's employers strike over bonuses - EWN

NMMU gives in to some of protesting students’ immediate demands - IOL News

Cosatu demands ‘dishonest and schizophrenic’ says City of Cape Town - TimesLive

Two arrested in connection with Cape Town train driver's murder - News24

Bail denied for alleged killer of Cape Town cop in Delft - News24

Thoko Didiza turns on charm when meeting members of Cosatu unions - BDLive

Solidarity to fight forced retrenchments at Cooke 4 - Mining Weekly

Solidarity says it will do everything in its power to ward off Sibanye retrenchments - SA Labour News

KZN classes too crowded, cry unions - Daily News

Train strike: where were the buses? - GroundUp

Eastern Cape nurses killed en route to graduation – IOL News

Thabazimbi college to help shrink skills gap - SA Govt News Agency

Uncertainty over Untu’s bargaining status holds up Gautrain strike certificate - Business Report

Gautrein-staking lyk al hoe waarskynliker - Netwerk24

Good news as manufacturing sector posts second month of growth - BDLive

Management, unions in talks at NMMU to normalise campus – News24

SAA’s golden handshakes amount to more than R22m - BDLive

What SAA paid departing CEOs and CFOs - Fin24

Amcu tables wage demand in the platinum sector - Mining Weekly

We are not affiliated to any political party, says new union NTUC - News24

Hlaudi will ignore Icasa ruling, says Solidarity - News24

At Sibanye’s Cooke 4 Operations some 2,500 jobs are on the line - Business Report

Sibanye Gold to cut jobs at Cooke 4 mine - BDLive

Skok ná moord aany treindrywer - Maroela Media

M1 bridge drawings should have ‘raised concern’ - The Citizen

Claassen inquiry’s verdict on Phiyega's fate due next month - TimesLive

SABC and suspended CEO Frans Matlala reach settlement – BDLive

SABC to take Icasa’s ruling on protest censorship on review - BDLive

MetroBus service still suspended on Tuesday - JacarandaFM

Johannesburg Metrobus strike set to continue on Tuesday - eNCA

There still aren’t enough black professors, despite university transformation attempts - M&G


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