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.

Last Update: 11-03-2025

cosatuANA reports that labour federation Cosatu will march to Lily Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Sunday to put pressure on management to “find” three trapped mineworkers.  

WorkingOnFireEWN reports that Working on Fire has written to Canadian officials apologising for its firefighters causing “an international incident” for striking over a heated pay dispute.  

cosatuBusiness Report writes that Cosatu says urgent action needs to be taken to put an end to the violence that continues to haunt the mining industry.  

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NorthamDavid McKay writes about the latest blow-up between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and its rival the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (Amcu), sparked by the situation at Northam Platinum.