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 two senior employees of the Algoa Bus Company in the Eastern Cape were killed in the space of one week in what could be hit-jobs.
The murders came less than three months after two men made their way into the bus company’s offices in Gqeberha, seemingly in an attempt to extort the company. According to a source, the two men approached the security guard and "demanded protection fees". Last Thursday, Timothy Botha, an engineering manager at the company, was murdered shortly after he arrived at the bus depot in Korsten at around 07:00. The security guard at the depot heard multiple shots being fired in the parking lot and hit the panic button. The guard did not see anything, but he found Botha in a pool of blood. The 53-year-old was shot multiple times in his upper body. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said the motive and suspects were still unknown, and no arrests had been made. Another senior official at the company, operations unit manager Xolani Christopher Melane, was gunned down four days later after being ambushed at home. Mawisa said six men barged into Melane's home in Motherwell and opened fire, killing him instantly. The suspects stole the deceased's VW Polo, plasma television, several cellphones and fled the scene. The vehicle was recovered a short while later.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Candice Bezuidenhout at News24 (trial registration required)
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page