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 from Friday, 24 March to Sunday, 26 March 2017


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Sunday (26th March)

AB InBev recruiting again after too many managers took voluntary exit packages - SA Labour News

Train service to and from Khayelitsha in Cape Town restored – News24

Man by werk geskors oor sy kommentaar op Spur-video - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

MyCiti to be rolled out to more Capetonians - Sunday Argus

Fedusa to join Treasury on international investor roadshow - Business Report

Severely injured fisherman evacuated from trawler at Simon’s Town - The Citizen

Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha drowning in labour issues - Sunday Independent

Illegal power connections may disrupt Cape Town rail services on Monday – News24

Union federations riddled by factionalism, says Vavi - EWN

Pandor wants cabinet colleagues to undergo lifestyle audits - BusinessLive

Mental health of tobacco giant's workers goes up in smoke after repeated hijackings – City Press

Concourt dismisses SABC8 case – eNCA

Photographer suspended over 'skimpy' clothing and seductive conduct towards Zuma and Cyril - Independent Media

Workforce Holdings in a labour policy sweet spot - City Press

Acting CEO at Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) allegedly lied over qualifications - City Press

Vavi not looking to settle political scores with his new union federation – eNCA

Dankie vir my graad! Maar ek kry nie werk - Netwerk24 (limit on access)


Saturday (25th March)

SAUK-8 reageer nadat hof aansoek van die hand wys - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Vavi's new trade union federation officially registered with labour department - Business Report

Action to be taken against teachers who still use corporal punishment, says Zuma - IOL News

Oval International Computer Education College faces closure over accreditation dispute - Fin24

Vavi heads new trade union - eNCA

Industry must help to shape higher education: Ramaphosa - RNews

Nehawu says state social workers’ strike ‘unlikely to end anytime soon’ - The Citizen


Friday (24th March)

Numsa-lede betoog by POF oor lone - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

End the cycle of poverty by plugging the skills gap, says Ramaphosa - City Press

Patients stranded in Limpopo as workers vow to continue strike – News24

Traffic officials, driving school boss arrested for licence fraud – News24

Harmony strike at Kusasalethu over, sheds four production days - Miningmx

Wildcat strike at Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine ends on Friday - The Citizen

Kusasalethu strike ends - Mining Weekly

Government rules out granting mining licences to zama-zamas – Mining Weekly

Untu slams government for looming job losses at Transnet - EWN

Ramaphosa: Skills development vital for SA’s growth - EWN

Transnet offers voluntary severance packages to staff - Mining Weekly

Transnet bied pakkette vir werkers aan - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Medics on alert as noxious smoke from warehouse blaze blankets south Durban - TimesLive

Farmworker who poisoned milk 'could have killed 2,000 people' – News24

Nothing racist about distribution of resources, says Western Cape to Cosatu – Cape Argus

Harmony Gold calls for meeting with Amcu over Kusasalethu strike - EWN

Solidarity and Bemawu want Hlaudi to pay legal costs in SABC8 case - IOL News

Western Cape worker critical after leg got trapped in machine – EWN

KwaZulu-Natal cop killer in the dock - The Citizen

Suspect arrested for KZN cop's fatal shooting, robbery – News24

Harmony Gold urges Kusasalethu strikers to return to work or face disciplinary action - EWN

CCMA meeting on Monday expected to end protracted strike by RAF East London workers - RNews

DA eis oudit ná hysbak-voorval – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

ITAC: Poultry sector crisis can’t be blamed only on cheap imports - EWN

Treindrywer (98) was nog een van die ‘tawwe ouens’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

On Friday, workers at Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine still not at work - Mining Weekly

Workforce Holdings trained nearly 15 000 in year to December – Business Report

Coal Transportation Forum, which paralysed Pretoria, heads to court over IPPs - EWN

Shutdown of lifts at PE police station for safety probe after four-storey plummet – HeraldLive

Opinion: How to shift from coal-fired power to renewables without job blackouts - BusinessLive

SAOU steun steeds godsdiens in skole - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Reviving king of gold means getting mine workers off their knees - Moneyweb


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