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, 3 February to Sunday, 5 February 2017
Chronological with most recent web postings at the top
Sunday (5 February)
Lundi a working class Christian cultural worker who inspired: Numsa - News24
Skipper's body found after service boat capsizes – News24
Search for Cape Town skipper ends tragically - eNCA
Families hold prayer service for three trapped Lily Gold miners – SABC News
Finding Lily mine lamp room top priority: Zwane - eNCA
Vavi’s march against chicken imports a dress rehearsal for new federation? - SA Labour News
Clock ticks for migrants with special permits - Business Times
Suspended Mpumalanga government staff rake in millions - SowetanLive
ANC NEC lekgotla urges government to buy poultry farms to stop job losses - Sunday Tribune
New labour federation launch set for March - SABC News
No gold at end of the rainbow for SA's beleaguered chicken industry – Business Times
Lily Mine: Money won’t bring our daughter back - EWN
Cosatu reaffirms its commitment to planned protest against Lily Mine - EWN
Sex case against senior Mpumalanga civil servant just disappears – City Press
Zuma’s head bodyguard used a fake matric certificate to get his job - City Press
Death of a once prosperous KZN town due to poultry jobs losses - City Press
Prioritise South Africans for jobs, says Malusi Gigiba – City Press
PPC’s Chinese workers under scrutiny - City Press
Pay me same as white colleague, Massmart employee demands - Sunday Times
Veiligheid vir werknemers op treine: Saak kom teen Prasa – Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Saturday (4 February)
Man collapses, dies while cleaning in Worcester factory – News24
Suspected fake labour lawyer in Eastern Cape hands herself in - City Press
NUM supports Lily Mine workers’ protest to demand salaries – News24
Skipper missing after service boat capsizes in Cape Town - eNCA
One person missing after service boat capsized near V&A Waterfront - EWN
Zuma must not use Phiyega as scapegoat for Marikana, says Cope – News24
ANC JHB says Mashaba deliberately starving the poor by canning Jozi@Work - EWN
Denosa: Shortage of nurses to blame for lack of service delivery – EWN
Presidency ‘outraged’ by use of Zuma’s name in public protector pay issues - TimesLive
Taxibestuurder in rusie met passasiers vermoor – Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Man critical after losing arm in Garankuwa factory accident - News24
Lily Mine exhausted all avenues to retrieve trapped miners, says business rescue firm – EWN
Friday (3 February)
Family of slain Northern Cape cop slams 22-year imprisonment imposed on perpetrator – Diamond Fields Advertiser
Denosa to march on SA Nursing Council over nursing licences - EWN
Workers at Northern Cape company told to eat and change under a tree - News24
Lily Mine workers protest to demand salaries - News24
Husband of Lily Mine victim recalls most heart-wrenching day - The Star
Sol Plaatje municipal worker granted R2,500 bail in R2.2m fraud case - IOL News
Transport union Untu to take Prasa to court to get protection for workers – The Citizen
Gauteng Health Department named worst employer by Cosatu in the province - IOL News
Three moms unhappy with handling of Lily Mine tragedy – Pretoria News
Gauteng traffic officer dies in crash - The Citizen
‘Private sektor stel mense aan’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Fly Blue Crane staak vlugte tydelik om bedrywighede te herstruktureer - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
‘Eskom’s refusal to sign new renewables PPAs costing jobs, investments’ – Engineering News
Best IT jobs in America in 2017 - MyBroadband
The cost of mechanisation is a huge effect on employment - Financial Mail
Parliament calls for urgency in chicken import crisis - Cape Times
Mayor Mashaba shuts Jozi@work‚ says it was enriching ANC few - TimesLive
Anger over inaction a year after Lily Mine disaster - TimesLive
OneLogix cuts 50 jobs due to downturn in new vehicle sales - Business Report
'Phiyega should have foreseen catastrophic consequences of Marikana' - EWN
Zuma joins Phiyega case – Pretoria News
Zuma to oppose Phiyega’s bid to have Marikana, Claassen reports set aside - The Citizen
SANDF soldier on the run after shooting spree hands himself in - The Mercury
Lily Mine: Plans to hold remembrance service spark fresh tensions - EWN
Acting national police commissioner declares willingness to submit to lifestyle review - BusinessLive
Phiyega not fit to hold office, damning Claassen inquiry finds - BusinessLive
Govt. mulling legal action against ‘illegal’ Islamic university south of Joburg - The Citizen
‘Disgruntled’ workers resume work on R2.8bn Limpopo water project - The Citizen
‘Phiyega must be sacked’ - The New Age
Patrick Craven’s Inside Labour: Let’s stop blaming “Illegal” workers - Fin24
Forty-eight years in jail for Limpopo cop killer – The New Age
Mine closure leads Bugersfort miners to dig for chrome along the roadside – The New Age
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