weblinksOur 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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