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: 27-10-2025
SA Labour News
Cabinet plans to develop least-developed parts of SA to tackle jobs crisis
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Reuters reports that the Cabinet said on Thursday it was taking measures to deal with a stubbornly high unemployment rate, which spiked to a record 26.7% in the first quarter.
Aurora's Khulubuse maintains innocence, but could face multimillion-rand lawsuit and charges
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The Star reports that Aurora mine bosses Khulubuse Zuma and Zondwa Mandela could face criminal charges and a multimillion-rand lawsuit after they lost an application to appeal against a high court judgment that found them personally liable for the collapse of two mines.
Unions pursue different routes in wage negotiations with SAA
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BDLive reports that the four trade unions in wage talks with South African Airways (SAA) have given conflicting accounts about whether or not negotiations have deadlocked.
SA labour market at worst levels since global economic crisis: Solidarity index
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BusinessTech reports that the latest South African Labour Market Index (LMI) for Q1 2016 published by union Solidarity shows that the local labour market has declined in every key metric.
Cosatu thrilled by ruling denying appeal by Aurora directors
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IOL News that Cosatu has labelled the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to deny an appeal application by directors of Aurora Empowerment System as a “huge victory” for the company’s workers.