This 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.
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 7 October to Sunday, 9 October 2016
Chronological with most recent web postings at the top
Sunday (9th October)
‘Life goes on after Fawu’ - The New Age
KZN official claims withdrawal of his CCMA case was 'improper' - IOL News
Blue Flag beach project set to provide jobs for youth – SA Govt News Agency
Minister seeks solution to UniZulu labour dispute - SA Govt News Agency
Rooting out the rot, SAPS dismisses 66 officers - eNCA
Credit Suisse cuts jobs in SA, Dubai to save costs – Fin24
Water Minister intervenes to try and solve Samwu strike at Amatola Water - DispatchLive
ANC’s lifestyle audits could backfire – Sunday Independent
Bemawu: Hlaudi Motsoeneng has hijacked the SABC's radio division - JacarandaFM
Domestic labour’s digital transition - Fin24
Unfavourable ratios of medics and dentists show health sector faces a crisis – City Press
SABC drops attorneys who cleared Hlaudi - City Press
ANC’s support of lifestyle audits causes rumblings - City Press
Gordhan’s medium-term budget to squeeze salary budgets across departments – City Press
CEOs square up to Treasury over cap on intern fund - Business Times
Tshwane was ‘werkverskaffer vir ANC’ - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Nzimande meets with Nehawu president, chair of UniZulu over strike – EWN
’n Top-seta steier – Netwerk24 (limited access)
Saturday (8th October)
Thabazimbi Municipality suspends two managers for maladministration - SABC News
Cosatu calls on world to support free education campaign - SABC News
Cope opens case against Hlaudi Motsoeneng – News24
Three killed in Limpopo while loading sand onto truck – News24
‘Rocking the Daisies' confirms drowning of staff member at festival - News24
Hlaudi feels noose tightening after latest court ruling - IOL News
Bemawu: Hlaudi Motsoeneng has hijacked the SABC's radio division - JacarandaFM
Mashaba must apologise for ‘sexist’ remarks, says Cosatu - The Citizen
SA's medical aid premiums rise more than inflation rate - eNCA
About 48 000 ‘election’ jobs now gone – The Citizen
Friday (7th October)
Toerisme in Wes-Kaap kan 100 000 werk verskaf - Netwerk24 (limited access)
UKZN academics throw weight behind #FeesMustFall - News24
Cosatu wants minimum wage set at R4 500 a month – Fin24
There is no future for e-tolls, says Cosatu – Fin24
Mans vas wat mynskag oopgrawe - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Bemawu to advise members at SABC not to take orders from Motsoeneng - EWN
Public interest trumps SABC in court ruling on Hlaudi disciplinary – News24
Chamber of Mines confirms receipt of Cosatu's memorandum - Fin24
Cosatu calls for a downsize of Zuma’s cabinet – EWN
Five wounded in Durban bus shooting – Daily News
Colleagues say uThukela municipal manager’s death was a hit – Daily News
Plea for Shoprite CEO Basson to share his R100m pay bonanza -Fin24
We are not joking, Cosatu tells labour department in Witbank – Business Report
Hlaudi gets second executive role at SABC as court hands down judgment - Fin24
12 omroepers van Luister!FM staak – Netwerk24 (limited access)
Prison giving inmates hope with skills – SowetanLive
Transmed, Gems in die waakeenheid - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Blame Ismail Vadi if you are late for work, says Cosatu – BDLive
Klagtes oor mediese skemas neem met 31% toe - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Cosatu-staking raak nie motorbedryf in Oos-Kaap - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Stats SA quarterly survey shows SA sheds 67,000 jobs in three months - Fin24
No privatisation of Joburg services allowed: Cosatu - IOL News
Ntshalintshali: Cosatu raises issues which concern all workers – Fin24
Cosatu satisfied with turnout for Friday’s strike - Business Report
Free State workers heed Cosatu’s call to down tools on Friday – Business Report
Fedusa says Friday’s protest action not protected for its members - SA Labour News
SA’s economy would suffer if starved of graduates – Business Report
Singing Cosatu members march in Braamfontein for better wages - BDLive
Drones set for safety inspection duty in SA’s deep mines – Business Report
Shoprite workers complain at Cosatu march about Basson’s R100m salary - SowetanLive
Cosatu strike supported by clothing workers in Newcastle – Business Report
Samwu calls for EPWP workers to be employed directly by municipalities - TimesLive
SACP pledges support for Cosatu’s strike on Friday - Business Report
Cosatu marchers to hand demands to Parliament on Friday - Business Report
Western Cape is in need of artisans: Helen Zille – Cape Talk
Youth employment schemes: A drop in the ocean - Financial Mail
Platinum wage talks at critical stage, says Amcu – Business Report
Marriott hotel expansion will lead to jobs - Business Report
Electing Dlamini-Zuma as ANC leader would be seen as a ‘family affair’, warns NUM - The Citizen
Cosatu to march for jobs and scrapping of e-tolls - eNCA
Progress in platinum wage talks bodes well for settlement - BDLive
Cosatu hopes Friday’s stayaway will show it still has clout - BDLive
Military ombud, veterans build strong relations - The Citizen
Unionists sceptical at Joburg Indaba about mining ‘modernisation’ - Mineweb
All Mpumalanga civil servants to invited attend recreational day - HT Media Syndication
Sibanye launches probe into Cooke 4 mine death - The New Age
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