weblinksOur 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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