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: 28-10-2025
SA Labour News
Health-care workers fear for their lives as violent crime disrupts services at clinics
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Sunday Times reports that an Eastern Cape nurse has described how she was held at gunpoint last week while parked outside a primary school where she was conducting a vaccination campaign. She and her colleague were robbed of their cellphones and hired vehicle.
Another police officer gunned down, this time in Mpumalanga
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IOL News reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) lost another colleague in the line of duty on Saturday in Mpumalanga. Three officers were killed in 24 hours.
Roundup on Monday, 11 August 2025 of weekend labour reports
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In our roundup of weekend and recent reports,
see the following summaries of our selection of
South African labour-related articles.
NUM dumps ANC ahead of next year’s municipal elections
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Sunday World reports that the ANC has lost a powerful ally in the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which has decided not to campaign for the governing party in the 2026 local elections.
Ambulance overturns on N2 in KZN while attempting to avoid speeding vehicle
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News24 reports that a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial ambulance was involved in a serious accident on the N2 highway, outside Richards Bay, on Saturday.