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: 30-10-2025

sapsSowetanLive reports that according to a research report launched on Tuesday at the University of Johannesburg, just under half the protests recorded by police between 1997 and 2013 were labour protests.  

numReuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said its members would return to work for the nightshift on Tuesday at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde after staying away since Monday last week after violence broke out at the site.  

weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 14 June 2016

handcuffsANA reports that four people, including a murder suspect, were arrested at the Northam platinum mine near Thabazimbi in Limpopo during an operation in the area of the mine on Monday night.  

news shutterstockIn our Tuesday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Monday, 13 June 2016.