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.

weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 29 July 2016


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

‘Geen tekort aan brandstof in Kaap’ - Netwerk24 (limited access)

Mangaung-metro se werkers kry bonusse van R40 m. – Netwerk24 (limited access)

Ceppwawu urged by employers to call off petroleum strike - EWN

Pikitup worker shot dead in clash with ‘private’ bodyguards of Samwu office bearers - IOL News

Vulstasies in Pretoria dalk gouer droog - Netwerk24 (limited access)

SABMiller’s board backs AB InBev offer for biggest-ever consumer takeover - Moneyweb

Refill your petrol tanks as normal, petrol association urges motorists - BDLive

Eskom urges NUM union members not to strike on 8 August - Mining Weekly

Eskom wages strike will ‘damage business’, union threatens – BDLive

NUM to strike at Eskom from 8 August over 'apartheid-era wage gap' - Fin24

NUM to strike at Eskom - Business Report

Verkragte bibliotekaresse wen saak oor regskoste – Netwerk24 (limited access)

Illegal miner buried alive in trench collapse in Springs – The Citizen

National Transport Movement pickets for improved benefits at Imperial Cargo in Paarl – SABC News

Taxi industry shrugs off minimum wage and will continue with commissions and targets – GroundUp

Some pumps around Durban run dry - Daily News

Vulstasies begin opdroog - Netwerk24 (limited access)

‘IT training college in Centurion took our cash, then shut its doors' - Pretoria News

Fuel strike won't have much impact on economy, reckons economist Dawie Roodt – SABC News

Lang staking kan pille dalk skaars maak - Netwerk24 (limited access)

Pharmaceutical workers commence wage strike on Friday - Business Report

Saccawu members at JD Group on strike to earn R4500 a month - TimesLive

Damning report into Pikitup head Amanda Nair’s actions - The Star

SABC8 establish fund to assist other journalists in need - The Star

We can’t fight railway station crime alone, says Prasa after Untu rebuke - News24

ArcelorMittal, IDC may revive Highveld Steel mill - Bloomberg

Msunduzi municipal employee sentenced for submitting false overtime claims - News24

Mine fatalities already 22% higher this year: Solidarity – Mineweb

Fuel strike won’t down SAA planes: Tlali – Fin24

Sapia assures motorists fuel pumps won't run dry due to strike - EWN

Funding the NHI: Can we afford it? - iAfrica

Bleak outlook as South Africa sheds half a million jobs - BusinessTech

Jobless rate at 26.6% in second quarter - Business Rerport

Pay cuts needed in mining, says Sibanye’s Froneman - Business Report

Terry Bell’s Inside Labour: SABC & elections show portents of more political turbulence - Fin24

‘Petrol could run dry in three days’ - The Citizen

Minister calls on mines to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to prevent deaths – Mining Weekly

Huge loss of jobs in first half of year sets off alarm bells - BDLive

When it’s too hot to work - Financial Mail

Fuel workers forge ahead with wage strike - SABC News

Fears over dry fuel pumps as strike continues - BDLive

Vuyo Mvoko can get SABC job back 'if you retract' - Cape Times

Working in the office is as bad as smoking - TimesLive


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