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 from Friday, 17 November to Sunday, 19 November 2017.


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Sunday (19 November)

Bongo can’t be trusted with classified information, says security workers’ union Saswu - News24

Afgetrede werkers werk oor naweek in Baai - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Molefe-aanstelling in weermag is ‘korrupsie’ - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Fonds wil nie Eskom se R30 m. vir Molefe teruggee - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Klerefontein Training Centre will allow youth to reach for the stars - SA Govt News Agency

Two arrested for murder of cop near Eshowe on Wednesday - The Mercury

Hawks detain parents, students over bribery to get into UKZN medical school – Sunday Tribune

Old Mutual unit AIIM in racism row - Fin24

Drought in the three Cape provinces could see 50,000 jobs lost and food prices spike - Fin24

Brian Molefe joins the army with rank of colonel – News24

Skande in hotel kos hom top-pos - Netwerk24 (limit on access)


Saturday (18 November)

Security workers’ union Saswu 'cautiously' welcomes Zimbabwe takeover – IOL News

SABC condemns harassment of journalist at Zimbabwe border - News24

Scam alert over eThekwini metro police jobs for R2,500 each - Independent on Saturday

NUM to serve another 48-hour notice in coal sector if further wage talks fail - EWN

No way: Cosatu on using PIC funds to bail out SAA - The Independent on Saturday

Car and ambulance collide in Mpumalanga, four killed and five injured - eNCA


Friday (17 November)

Court likens Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate’s 'repressive' domestic worker rules to apartheid - News24

Gated communities can’t enforce traffic laws‚ rules for domestic workers - TimesLive

R20 m. begroot vir oortyd vir Mangaung burgemeester se kantoor - Netwerk24 (limit on access)

Cosatu concerned that SAA cost-cutting will lead to jobs bloodbath – Fin24

Pension funds are not slush funds for SOEs, says Cosatu – IOL News

Coca-Cola strike partially resolved - Nelspruit Post

Polisie onderbreek glo uitsending by Beitbrug-grenspos, behandel SAUK joernaliste ‘hardhandig’ - Maroela Media

Traditional leaders and private sector set up company to boost jobs in rural areas - TimesLive

Eskom tariff hike a threat to mining jobs, Chamber of Mines tells Nersa - Mining Weekly

SA mining will lose 48,000 jobs if ‘dire’ Eskom tariff granted - Miningmx

Durban paramedics fight over who gets to treat and transport patients – Daily News

Guards seriously injured when assaulted with rifles in botched cash-in-transit heist - News24

Gender Commission ‘shocked’ by EFF chief whip’s alleged assault on female subordinate - The Citizen

Eskom to create 10,000 jobs in Mpumalanga over next three years as part of development initiative – SA Govt News Agency

Welcome changes to parental leave rules about to be introduced - Cape Argus

'Red Zone' declared after attempted robbery of Cape Town ambulance crew - News24

KZN cops promise swift action after four officers were shot in less than three days - TimesLive

Police officer killed, two others wounded in Inanda, KZN - News24

Coal strike averted, for now, while NUM studies new wage offer from producers - Miningmx

Yet another Cape Town ambulance crew attacked - EWN

Cosatu warns against using workers’ funds as a ‘blank cheque bail-out’ for SAA - BusinessLive

Pretoria police hot on heels of alleged con-artist bogus real estate agent - Pretoria News

Cape ambulance crew dodges armed robbers - TimesLive

eMkhondo school principal in court for rape of pupil – HTSyndication (The New Age)

Nehawu to march against corruption in Kimberley on Friday - HTSyndication

Big jobs boost for rural communities, with launch of new scheme on Friday by Ramaphosa - The Citizen

TVET colleges need better support - M&G


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