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, 20 January to Sunday, 22 January 2017
Chronological with most recent web postings at the top
Sunday (22 January)
Teacher union Natu to take KZN education department to court - SABC News
Natu concerned after KZN education dept declared some teachers as surplus - EWN
Two Johannesburg colleges found to be bogus – SowetanLive
Doctors up in arms over minister's comments - Sunday Tribune
Aktivis se uitlatings is haatspraak, sê Solidariteit - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Venda municipal pensions must be paid now - SowetanLive
Meet the crack team behind Cape Town's firefighters - Weekend Argus
Platinum promises to provide housing have lost their shine - Business Times
State, industry to meet this week to save the poultry industry – City Press
Govt readies for 'social compact' talks this week with labour federations – Fin24
Fight between top UKZN academics may head to court - Sunday Tribune
AB InBev trims the fat at SABMiller with voluntary packages for big earners in SA – Business Times
Poultry importers cry foul for getting blame for chicken crisis - City Press
Seventy-seven City of Mbombela officials face suspension for corruption - City Press
Numsa not going back to ANC – City Press
Dokters wíl werk, maar kry nie poste nie – Netwerk24 (limited access)
Saturday (21 January)
NUM ‘disturbed’ by AngloGold Ashanti’s plans of over 800 job cuts - EWN
Motsoeneng's replacement as acting SABC head of corporate affairs confirmed - eNCA
Case against SAPS clerk who defrauded state of R3m postponed - EWN
Gauteng health department warns public against job scam - EWN
Slain Ekurhuleni policeman to be buried on Saturday - TimesLive
Robots to blame for job-stealing rather than open markets and global trade – IOL News
Three employees suspected of links to FNB Parktown heist - EWN
Nelson Mandela Metro hoping to fill director vacancies - HeraldLive
30% minder pendelaars op Kaapse treine - Netwerk24 (limited access)
Harmony Gold awards 32 bursaries to students – eNCA
Half of Lonmin's employees still without 'decent accommodation' - eNCA
Friday (20 January)
Alleged illegal miner shot dead in Benoni – News24
Lace Diamond Mine workers end underground protest - SABC News
Retrenchments in SA’s mining industry on the rise - SABC News
Zuma’s new tax laws hammer wealthy and employees who earn shares – BizNews
Bloated civil service has become too big for size of the economy, says Nedbank economist - BizNews
NUM to meet with AngloGold Ashanti over planned retrenchments - The Citizen
Phahlane’s prospects for Phiyega’s job damaged by corruption probe - TimesLive
Police clerk in court for R3.4m fraud involving cash advances in colleagues’ names – IOL News
Four cops severely injured in Durban bus crash – TimesLive
NUM expresses disappointment over looming job cuts at AngloGold Ashanti - Mining Weekly
Gideon du Plessis: G’n rede om 4de nywerheidsrevolusie te vrees - Netwerk24 (limited access)
No money yet from Lily Mine - SowetanLive
Cosatu threatens shutdown of Limpopo if schools don’t get deliveries - BusinessLive
Parliament calls for talks to resolve TVET grievances - SA Govt News Agency
DMR Minister: If companies cannot mine safely they shouldn’t mine at all - EWN
Doctors fume over health minister’s claims about vacant posts - TimesLive
Terry Bell’s Inside Labour: The jobless youth bomb is ticking - City Press
Buffalo City mayor to table plan to fill vacant director posts - DispatchLive
Hoedspruit game lodge steps up security following lion attack on worker - EWN
Seven detectives in court for false travelling claims - The Citizen
Zwane assures gold producers that DMR is not at war with them over safety stoppages - BusinessLive
‘100 wine producers are lost each year’ - Business Report
Unions unite over mine safety as mine fatalities decrease marginally - Business Report
AngloGold plan to axe 800 staff, at Business Report
Resolve our demands or remain shut, say striking Tshwane North College students - The Citizen
Foreign medics can replace locals as they are ‘willing to work’, says Motsoaledi - The Citizen
Trainee doctors rush to marry ‘to avoid rural postings’ - TimesLive
Limpopo game lodge worker dies after lion attack - TimesLive
Firefighter dampens colleague's gripes about working hours – Cape Argus
Mining fatalities still unacceptably high, says Solidarity - eNCA
Aaron Motsoaledi lays to rest confusion over internships - BusinessLive
AngloGold in talks with stakeholders, unions to tackle challenges, with job cuts a last resort - Mining Weekly Online
Patrick Craven’s Inside Labour: The scandal of the working poor - Fin24
Nelson Mandela Bay way behind on public works appointments - HeraldLive
Motsoaledi denies shortage of posts for medical graduates - Bhekisisa online
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