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: 30-10-2025
SA Labour News
‘Tactical’ appeal against silicosis class action ruling ‘complicates’ settlement talks
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City Press reports that gold mining companies have lodged appeals against last month’s certification of a potentially enormous class action by former mine workers with silicosis and TB.
Less than half of SA youth think they can have a successful career in SA
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TMG Digital reports that only 48.8% of high school students surveyed this year believe that South Africa would be a great place to have a successful career‚ compared to 74% who held this positive sentiment in 2012.
New charter will set the mining industry back further: Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis
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Gideon du Plessis, general secretary of Solidarity, assesses the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR’s) proposed new Mining Charter, concluding that radically fast-tracked transformation has now taken precedence over all else.
‘Recover trapped Lily Mine miners in three days or face permanent shutdown’
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eNCA reports that protestors who marched on the Lily Mine in Mpumalanga on Sunday issued an ultimatum to the management over the recovery of three trapped mine workers.
Policeman killed, colleague wounded while investigating robbery in Delft
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Fin24 reports that a policeman was shot dead and his colleague wounded when they responded to a suspected attempt at an ATM bombing on Monday morning at the Delft Main Road petrol station.