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 Friday, 27 January 2017


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Queueing Unisa students turned away because of strike - News24

Taxi marshall gunned down in Johannesburg – News24

Parliament wants urgent intervention on SABC journalist death threats – SABC News

Phiyega files review application against Claassen inquiry findings - M&G

Phiyega files review application against Claassen report – News24

Citizen editor feels 'vindicated' after winning dismissal case – News24

Numsa wants 30% wage increase for bus passenger transport workers - Fin24

R2.9m to light up military veterans’ houses in Kimberley – Diamond Fields Advertiser

Police find it difficult to work in Marikana: Phahlane – eNCA

Be proactive like Trump over jobs, Numsa tells Ramaphosa - SABC News

Poultry task team makes progress in finding solutions to sector challenges - Engineering News

Numsa calls for transformation in the passenger transport sector - Business Report

New items added to SA’s consumer inflation basket - BusinessTech

Whites still earn more than blacks: Stats SA – eNCA

Employees who get tipped at work may be in for a nasty tax shock next month – BusinessTech

'I am scared': SABC 8 journalist who was shot in face - News24

SARS Wars: Constructive dismissal case reveals double standards - Daily Maverick

Nehawu threatens to shut down 'corrupt' Unisa – Pretoria News

Trial of domestic worker who allegedly killed employer postponed – News24

The long day of a rural teacher - GroundUp

Unisa strike enters second day on Friday, no end in sight - SABC News

TVET results still blocked – The New Age

Police stop massive illegal mining operation in Johannesburg, at The Star

‘Vat Alles’ Tshwane protesters not paid as they didn’t sign contracts - Pretoria News

Parliamentary committee concerned about continued attacks on SABC 8 journalists - BusinessLive

Two senior police officers found guilty of publicly defending Phiyega after her suspension - News24

Corrupt Gauteng licence centre officials in hot water – The Star

Unisa 'exploring every avenue' to resolve wage dispute with Nehawu - EWN

SABC 8 journalist shot in face with pellet gun - News24

Delivery drivers of VW logistics service provider on strike - HeraldLive

Sibanye plans to retrench 330 platinum mineworkers to cut R800m costs - Business Report

What has become of our dream of zero harm in the mining industry? - BusinessLive

No end to mining crisis as more job cuts loom - The Citizen

AngloGold and Sibanye not obeying safety laws, says mining minister Zwane - BusinessLive

Government announces measures to curb poultry jobs bloodbath – Business Report

Terry Bell’s Inside Labour: Dismissed Midrand workers still hoping for justice 22 years on - Fin24

Job losses in Western Cape clothing and textile industry – The New Age

TVET results still blocked - The New Age


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