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, 20 June 2017.


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

NUM calls off Msobo Coal strike over centralised bargaining - The Citizen

Knysna fire led to largest deployment of firefighting resources in SA history – News24

Compensation plan in pipeline for deceased SANDF members' families – Cape Times

North West youth call for agricultural skills development - SABC News

Metrorail waarsku oor vertragings in Kaapstad – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Chamber of Mines meets with ANC delegation over Mining Charter - EWN

Zwane denies failing to consult ANC on new Mining Charter – EWN

Untu train drivers boycott Metrorail’s Central Line between Langa and Cape Town - Cape Argus

Govt, miners need to 'go back to drawing board' on Charter, says Ramaphosa - Mining Weekly

About 100 young qualified doctors and pharmacists are jobless in KZN, says ANCYL - News24

Labour Court declares 17 judges’ clerks permanently employed – TimesLive

Police advise that man 'linked' to Eskom employee's death dies after questioning – News24

Defence Force Service Commission making inroads – SA Govt News Agency

Northern Cape teachers are literally sick and tired - Diamond Fields Advertiser

SAA wins for best staff service at Paris Air Show - Fin24

Hlaudi to mount challenge to SABC dismissal by the end of the week - TimesLive

Capetonians spend 40 days a year in traffic, says City of Cape Town – The Citizen

Thousands of nursing students have to rewrite bridging course exams after leaks – BusinessLive

Uprooted: Zimbabweans may soon be forced to leave SA – TimesLive

Man vas vir Eskom-vrou se moord, gerugte wek kommer - Maroela Media

Cosatu, Saftu welcome Public Protector’s Reserve Bank remedial action - The Citizen

Judges’ clerks win case against Office of the Chief Justice over posts - SA Labour News

Strikers ‘turn off the lights’ in Pietermaritzburg – The Witness

New labour federation Saftu calls for nationalisation of SA Reserve Bank - Fin24

Recovery of manufacturing sector key to job creation, says Manufacturing Circle - Engineering News

'Commuter anger' results in another torched Metrorail train in Cape Town - News24

Mining Charter set to worsen stakeholder relations, warns Bench Marks Foundation - Mining Weekly

Bodies pile up as Gauteng mortuary strike enters second week - The Citizen

Burials delayed as Gauteng mortuary go-slow continues - The Star

Construction worker's body recovered – TimesLive

Seven Nehawu leaders at Eastern Cape Cogta face suspension - DispatchLive

Minister staan hofsaak teen oor ‘veiliger treine’ – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Gauteng mortuary go-slow hits funeral business hard - SABC News

ANC to meet Chamber of Mines on Tuesday, as Fitch slams Mining Charter - Fin24

Agterstand by Gauteng se lykhuise ál groter – Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Military doctors deployed to clear mortuary backlog as strike continues - EWN

Thembisile Yende accused possibly a senior Eskom employee – The Star

Mass action threat over Prasa corruption - Business Report

Taxi industry planning on a national strike and protests next month – Business Report

Gauteng mortuary staff claim they are being underpaid – BusinessLive

SA Policing Union issues ultimatum over crime intelligence restructuring - BusinessLive

The outlook for South African agricultural jobs looks positive – HuffPost

SAA was barely able to pay May salaries, with doubts about what will happen in June - Moneyweb


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