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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