Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 4 August to Sunday, 6 August 2017.
Chronological with most recent web postings at the top
Sunday (6 August)
Saftu calls on SA to join anti-Zuma march - The Citizen
Cosatu and SACP defend ‘in principle’ opposition to no-confidence Zuma vote - BusinessLive
WVF-projek vir oud-myners skop op Thaba Nchu af – Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Energy Minister suspends Deputy Director-General - Moneyweb
Joburg taxi driver suffers severe chemical burns during assault – The Citizen
Sibanye Gold job losses could total 10 200, says Solidarity – Fin24
Ramaphosa to attend Marikana memorial - Sunday Independent
CEO vs employee salaries at South Africa’s 25 biggest companies - BusinessTech
The banking and finance jobs we’re most likely to lose to robots in SA – BusinessTech
Gideon du Plessis: Federasies aan die verander - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Big job cuts at Pick n Pay 'just running repairs - BusinessLive
Brave new world of retail bad for workers - BusinessLive
Skok kom as nóg myne sink - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
African Bank cuts 600 jobs to save R50m a year - City Press
Board of Media, Information & Communication Technologies (MICT) Seta to probe CEO - City Press
SA is running out of whites – City Press
Suitors line up to buy AngloGold’s Kopanang mine – City Press
Net closes in on Zwane as mining job losses mount – City Press
Belastingplan vir oorsese werk is ‘onbesonne’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
PnP job shedding shows how tough it is out there in retail - BusinessLive
Change in law will let you delay retirement by transferring savings to a retirement annuity - BusinessLive
Brian Molefe payout now a criminal case – Sunday Times
Jobs in Mpumalanga’s Ehlanzeni region reserved for ANC cadres – City Press
Saturday (5 August 2017)
NUM hands over memo of demands to halt AngloGold retrenchments - SABC News
Zuma turned SA into 'mafia-style lawless kleptocracy', says Saftu - News24
NUM: Current retrenchments in mining industry will fuel illegal mining – EWN
These are the most popular jobs among women in South Africa and how much they earn - BusinessTech
Saftu joins calls for Zuma to fall – eNCA
Fair play sought for retrenched chicken workers - Saturday Star
Leerlinge terug skool toe, swart hoof bly - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Racism not core of coloured school protest, says Gauteng Education Department – News24
Friday (4 August)
Unions feel excluded in decision making by Ethekwini Metro - SABC News
Top SAA brass are taking pay cuts, as bleak situation at airline unfolds - BusinessLive
Cosatu joins march on Monday to oust Zuma - News24
Werkers van Mangaung ‘stig brand by vullishope’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Worries about violence as thousands prepare to march ahead of no confidence vote – SowetanLive
Women representation increases from ‘extreme minority’ to 13%-plus of SA’s mining workforce - Mining Weekly
Zwane expresses concern over proposed mining retrenchments - Mining Weekly
FairPlay summit addresses plight of retrenched chicken industry workers - Engineering News
Afleggings by Sibanye: Minister wil ingryp - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Commed maak sy deure toe - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
The entire SAA board must go‚ says Numsa - TimesLive
Land Bank helps create 15,000 jobs in agricultural sector in year to March - SA Labour News
African Bank-afleggings voltooi; 636 mense weg - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Solidarity shocked at possible 10,200 job loss at Sibanye Gold - Business Report
‘SAL sal wél salarisse kan betaal’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)
Judge tears a strip off mines minister Zwane for 'Trump'-style Twitter stunt - BusinessLive
OR Tambo airport monitoring go-slow by SAA technical crew - EWN
OR Tambo Airport can't say what impact Numsa-backed strike will have - TimesLive
Passengers warned of SAA strike at OR Tambo International - Traveller24
Retrenchment bloodbath as Sibanye Gold aims to chop 7400 jobs - Business Report
'Business as usual at 10111' despite strike say police brass - TimesLive
Accused managers quit state lab service – BusinessLive
DMR withdraws plan for moratorium on mining rights - Mining Weekly
Institute of Race Relations highlights high churn of state’s top dogs – BusinessLive
Give us a coloured principal ‘or SA will burn’ – The Citizen
Terry Bell’s Inside Labour: Little has changed in 30 years of militancy - Fin24
SAPS: Strike won't affect 10111 call centre operations – EWN
Mining closures set to put 20,000 jobs at risk - BusinessLive (paywall access)
NUM calls for intervention to save mine jobs - SABC News
Nedbank shed retail banking staff by almost 500 over past year - Moneyweb
Why partially decriminalising sex work isn’t enough - Bhekisisa online
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