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 on Tuesday, 2 May 2017


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Not Zuma's responsibility to create jobs, ANC MP says – News24

Harber betreur aanvalle op joernaliste – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Coal producers in stand-off with unions over decentralised wage talks – Miningmx

Cabin crew union due to head to court on Wednesday for resumption of SAA action - BusinessLive

Free for all for criminals in trains – The New Age

Wag sterf aan kopwond ná rower hom slaan - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Hawks investigator comes under fire in Cape top cops’ corruption trial - News24

Borg van T-hemde wat Zuma steun nou gesoek - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Boos against president should be celebrated, says deputy labour minister - News24

Police captain’s fraud trial postponed to October - The Citizen

Security guard shot in Nyanga Shoprite hostage situation dies - News24

Cosatu's influence in ANC leadership race thrust into sharp focus - TimesLive

ANC angry at those who prevented Zuma from speaking at Cosatu rally - TimesLive

Consumer inflation likely to move lower rest of the year – Fin24

Saftu mulls formation of workers party – Daily News

And the most dangerous job in SA is... - Cape Argus

May Day rally rejects Duarte - SowetanLive

Polisiebeampte sedert Sondag vermis - Maroela Media

Zuma 'was not invited' to address Cosatu rally, says Ntshalintshali – BusinessLive

Sol Plaatje municipal official faces attempted murder charges after row with colleague – Diamond Fields Advertiser

May Day disruption: What political leaders had to say - City Press

‘Epiese stryd’ kom oor kwotas in sport - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Racial sport quotas to be challenged by Solidarity and AfriForum in court – BusinessTech

Domestic workers seek legal job security - HeraldLive

How much you should be paying your domestic worker and gardener - BusinessTech

Tzaneen labour inspector nabbed for ‘demanding bribe’ - SA Labour News

Former Cape top cop back in the dock on charges of corruption - TimesLive

Polisielid op treinstasie by Pretoria geskiet – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Workers don't understand the role of the president, claims Mildred Oliphant - eNCA

We thought Zuma would 'bring things back on track' after Mbeki: Ehrenreich - News24

Floyd Shivambu applauds workers for booing Zuma offstage - The Citizen

Cosatu clear that it wants Zuma out - eNCA

Huiswerkers van NMB oor hul regte ingelig - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

DA 'caught in a bind' over discipline of Zille, says Ehrenreich – News24

Amcu decries government’s ‘failures’, calls for South Africa First approach - Mining Weekly

Amcu celebrates Workers Day in Welkom - Mining Weekly

Paramedics tell MEC they are 'living in fear' – The Star

Secunda strike in first quarter hits Sasol’s synfuel sales – BusinessLive

Truck driver fatally ambushed in KZN – The Citizen

Cosatu reiterates support for Ramaphosa to be ANC president - EWN

Options for youth at Soweto career expo - The Star

Metrorail apologises for cancelling service between Joburg and Vereeniging - EWN

With burning tyres on tracks, Metrorail suspends JHB-Vereeniging train service - eNCA

Government must recognise zama zamas as legal entity, says BLF - HRSyndication

Zuma heckling an embarrassment, says Cosatu's Dlamini – EWN

DiamondCorp berates intransigent Amcu as it loses battle for survival - BusinessLive

Paramedics meet with Gauteng health to discuss safety issues – eNCA

ANC blames May Day chaos squarely on SACP and Cosatu - EWN

ANC says Cosatu's disrupted rally not about Zuma - eNCA

Cosatu losing touch with workers led to Zuma being booed, reckons analyst - The Citizen

Workers shut Zuma up at May Day rally – BusinessLive

Security guard still critical after hostage drama - SABC News

Amcu wants 16 August declared Workers Day in in honour of Marikana massacre – SABC News

Metal workers dominate Saftu rally - HTSyndication

Cop accepts Cosatu memo for Helen Zille - HTSyndication

Workers’ Day, Cape Town: Small crowds, big demands – Daily Maverick

Relationship between ANC and Cosatu on the brink – The New Age


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