This 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.News24 reports that the body of a security guard was found at a gold mine near Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning.
Anele Sotshisa, 46, who was on the night shift with two colleagues, was killed when gunmen opened fire on them on Wednesday night. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said the surviving security guards had scattered in different directions and had not immediately realised that their colleague had been shot. "According to reports, the guards remained separated for most of the evening after they ran to safety. It was only when the two returned to their post in the morning that they discovered that their colleague had been shot," Masondo indicated. He confirmed that Sotshisa was the third security guard to be killed at the mine since April. He added: “In all the incidents, security guards were shot at while standing guard. The motive for the shooting cannot be confirmed at this stage, and no arrests have been made yet.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Noxolo Sibiya at News24
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