Today's Labour News
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.
Last Update: 25-10-2025
SA Labour News
Retrenchments strip workers of dignity, Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi says
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BL Premium reports that delivering the keynote address at Cosatu’s central committee meeting in Benoni on Monday, the labour federation’s president Zingiswa Losi decried retrenchments taking place across various sectors in the economy.
Elephant carer killed at Hoedspruit reserve in unexpected attack
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TimesLIVE reports that an experienced elephant carer lost his life at the weekend in an unexpected attack on him by a 19-year-old female elephant named Limpopo. Israel Shambira, who had worked with elephants for 29 years, was killed at the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development (Herd) reserve.
Civil servants are underpaid and overworked, claims public service minister
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Sunday Times reports that Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA) Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi believes that civil servants are overworked and underpaid. In an interview last week, Buthelezi rejected the notion of a bloated public service as “far from the truth”.
Tshwane police constable killed in shootout was apparently not wearing a bulletproof vest
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News24 reports that questions have emerged around why a police officer who was killed in a dramatic shootout in Temba, Tshwane, at the weekend was apparently not wearing her bulletproof vest.
MK Party holds protest on Monday at Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital over mismanagement allegations
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IOL News reports that security was increased at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) on Monday as the MK Party made claims of mismanagement at the hospital.