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: 19-11-2025
SA Labour News
New crisis for Buffalo City Metro as workers ‘suddenly’ take to the streets on Thursday
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DispatchLive reports that the embattled Buffalo City Metro (BCM) lurched from one crisis to another on Thursday when hundreds of its employees downed tools and took to the streets in protest over promotions, back payments and outsourcing services.
DA courts Vavi in quest to take control of Nelson Mandela Bay
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Sowetan writes that the Sunday Times has reported that Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has been courting Zwelinzima Vavi, former general secretary of labour federation Cosatu.
Workers at Lily Mine could be facing retrenchment
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The Citizen writes that there are currently 650 workers at Vantage Goldfields’ Lily Mine anxiously waiting to hear whether or not they will in fact receive their pay at the end of April.
Metal and engineering wage talks won’t be a smooth ride, warns Irvin Jim
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Saturday Star writes that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) believes this year’s wage negotiations in the vulnerable metal and engineering sector will not be a smooth ride.
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 22 April 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 22 April 2016