weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 3 March 2017 to Sunday, 5 March 2017


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Sunday (5 March)

Bodies of six men who could be illegal miners found near railway line in Benoni – eNCA

Govt against businesses employing undocumented foreign nationals - SABC News

Employers charged in illegal migrants crackdown - BusinessLive

Sassa debacle proof that ANC hates the poor‚ says Numsa – TimesLive

Veiligheidswag sterf in Bloem-rooftog – Maroela Media

Tongaat Mall collapse: Three years later and still no answers – Sunday Tribune

Coffee Bay development set to create jobs – SABC News

‘We are saddened by ANCWL attack on Cosatu’ - The Citizen

Poultry firms 'face huge job losses over imports' - Business Times (paywall access)

Cosatu: Bathabile Dlamini is no longer an asset to the social development dept – EWN

Mpumalanga development agency throws Vantage Goldfields a lifeline - City Press


Saturday (4 March)

Northern Cape injects millions into rural youth skills development programme - SABC News

Cosatu reiterates call for Dlamini to be fired, warns of consequences - eNCA

‘Ask a sex worker’ – News24

Sign declaration or face eviction, says Eastern Cape TVET management - News24

Wet weather hampers Boksburg mineshaft rescue operation – The Citizen


Friday (3 March)

Cosatu in war of words with ANC Women’s League – News24

Pay hike for Gauteng politicians – TimesLive

Why not use UIF surplus to fund state programmes, fees commission judge asks – BusinessLive

Four top Buffalo City Metro officials in court on fraud charges – TimesLive

Busa welcomes Cosatu’s endorsement of national minimum wage - Engineering News

FNB suspends employee over Brian Molefe deposit slip furore, workers say - BusinessLive

Cosatu lashes at ANCWL over welfare bungle - Business Report

Hundreds of youth get paid to sit at home - SowetanLive

Hammanskraal commuters protest over poor bus services - The Citizen

Cosatu urges government to amend expropriation bill - EWN

Prasa to hand over report on Letsoalo's salary to Transport Minister - EWN

Cosatu threatens to embark on protest action over Cape Town water crisis - News24

Some four million people depend on SA’s motor industry - Business Report

Country Bird to close chicken abattoir in Mahikeng - Business Report

Cape Town's Atlantis R1.3bn investment boost will create 200 jobs - Fin24

ANC needs to refocus on revolutionary values, says Cosatu - IOL News

ANCWL rubbishes Cosatu's call for Social Development Minister to resign - eNCA

Poultry association seeks import protection to save industry and jobs - BusinessLive

Mechanisation is but one reason minimum pay could eliminate jobs - BusinessLive

Cosatu signs up for national minimum wage - BusinessLive

AB InBev cans executive bonuses, but SA bosses not affected - BusinessLive

Dismay at new head of mining department - BusinessLive

Cosatu reiterates support for Ramaphosa - eNCA

Cosatu weighs in on Sassa debacle - The New Age

Toilet cleaners lack vaccinations and safety clothes in Philippi - GroundUp

Tiger Brands under fire for executive remuneration - Moneyweb


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