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: 12-09-2024
SA Labour News
Cosatu welcomes S&P rating decision, but warns austerity would be death spiral
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Business Report writes that Cosatu has welcomed the decision by rating agency Standard and Poor to uphold South Africa’s credit rating, but the labour federation believes further austerity measures will send the country on a death spiral.
Free State farmworker killed after falling from truck
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The New Age reports that a Free State farmworker died and seven others sustained moderate to minor injuries after falling from a truck on Monday morning.
Union tension boils over at Northam Platinum mine
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BDLive reports that the weekend killing of a senior member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in the town of Northam triggered a wave of violence that prompted Northam Platinum to shut its mine.
ANC MP mum on domestic worker’s claims that labour laws were flouted
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eNCA reports that Parliament’s Labour Portfolio Committee chairperson, Lumka Yengeni, has yet to respond to weekend reports that she breached several labour laws.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 6 June 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 6 June 2016